Notes Design

You're probably wondering what the heck those photos are. That, friends, is the Hobart I-Cool seat, perhaps the most radical-looking in a long line of devices designed to make you lose weight while doing nothing.

Designed by Tel-Aviv-based Padwa Design, the I-Cool is

...the first ever Exercise-Free, Calorie Burning seat designed to deliver significantly increased sedentary calorie burn rates.

This proprietary system, which induces accelerated calorie outtake via temperature regulation, creates a revolutionary personalized micro-environment, by allowing individual users to set their preferred temperature within the comfort of their own personal space, regardless of the climate around them.

We're not clear on exactly how it works, but apparently you sit in it and sweat. No clue as to how effective it is, but at any rate, it looks a damn sight better than these did: