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Hugvie - The Huggable Communication Medium |
What’s shaped like your friend and even sounds like your friend, but isn’t actually your friend? Why, a human-shaped pillow with a slot in its head for a cellphone, of course.
One Japanese venture is looking to solve that problem of feeling distant when speaking on the telephone by offering cushions that look a little like small people, with a skin-like texture, that can hold your mobile device.
The “Hugvie”, which has a head, a torso and short limbs – think Casper the Friendly Ghost, but without any facial features – is the result of a collaboration between robot engineers, a futon vendor and a textile firm.
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