Awesome chameleon furniture

The Fuwapica furniture, which is currently on display at the Siggraph show, uses sensors embedded in the top to figure out the color of any item that is placed on it.

The color of the stools then change to match the color of whatever has been placed on the sensitive tabletop.
Sensors in the stools also work out the weight of anyone sat on them – heavier people are treated to darker shades (I see a really bad joke forming somewhere here).

This would be perfect at my house since my wife is always coming up with color combination ideas for our rooms. Want the room to have a darker tone, invite some heavy people over for dinner.

An Apple Mac buried in the table then sends wireless messages to the four stools, which project light through their translucent shells to match, as closely as possible, the color of the object on the tabletop.

The colors are also made to pulse lighter and darker at about the same tempo of human breathing in a bid to make the stools seem more life-like.
Placing many objects on the tabletop makes the system mix and merge colors to match the shades seen in the collection of artifacts.

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