Combi's "Roanju Auto Swing" maglev baby rocker

by Evan Blass, posted Feb 1st 2006 at 7:00AM

Given our irrational fear of maglev elevators, we sure wish Combi's new maglev-powered "Roanju Auto Swing" for babies had been around when we still young gadgeteers, as it might have helped us adapt to such a scary new technology. While it's too late for us, at least the modern baby will be able to benefit from nearly silent swinging operation as well as seven pre-loaded tunes, plus an ergonomic design on the deluxe model. Apparently a light push is all it takes to get the Roanju swinging for fifteen minutes, although at $580 for the standard and over $600 for the deluxe, we think we'll just stick to the much cheaper method of harnessing our toddlers to slow-moving ceiling fans (note: the previous parenting tip was brought to you by Blogging Baby).

[Via Pink Tentacle]

Filed under: Household

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Motorola 3G Victim @ Feb 1st 2006 9:18AM

If the magnetic field from a cell phone will give an adult brain cancer/tumor, what would the magnetic field from a maglev baby rocker do to the still developing brain of a baby?

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Rupert Wilson @ Feb 1st 2006 10:10AM

Motorola 3G Victim:

That's microwaves. Cell phones don't communicate with magnets.

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mb @ Feb 1st 2006 11:19AM

this is all fine and dandy until it shoots the baby across the room at 200mph.

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Bidera @ Feb 1st 2006 11:19AM

Winning over parents with concerns about radiation will be hard. Yeah, I know maglev doesn't have radiation, but most parent's don't know that.

How about making a rocking chair for adults?

Closest thing on my site I could find relating to baby stuff:
http://www.bidera.com/cgi-bin/us/emaximarket.cgi?action=item&item=23632

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aes @ Feb 1st 2006 4:37PM

Great! One more way to ignore your kids!

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