Urban Tool's Bluetooth perCushion for rich urban tools

It's hard to pinpoint the most ridiculous thing about the Urban Tool perCushion which we first peeped as a concept. Is it the vendor's not so flattering name, the marketing shot above, or the fact that Urban Tool will be charging about $500 for their Bluetooth mono-speaker cushion when it begins shipping sometime between October and Christmas? We had the chance to try the perCushion out at CeBIT ourselves. The pillow itself is rigid -- think martini lounging, not bedtime -- and constructed with enough finesse to support your Bluetooth audio streaming or cellphone handsfree adventures in sloth. In its defense, Urban Tool knows that the perCushion is destined to be nothing more than a novelty product at that price range. It's simply meant to bring attention to the rest of its product catalog. Still, we're not sure this is the type of attention they wanted.

Gallery: Urbantool's Bluetooth perCushion for rich urban tools

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[Boing @ Mar 7th 2008 5:06AM]

nice invention, so anyone with a bluetooth mobile can send farting mp3's to your cushion?


Should be a big hit with the ladies.....

[Blackstar @ Mar 7th 2008 7:33AM]

"Airport security at Boston's Logan Airport arrested a man today thought to have an explosive device hidden in his pillow. When we questioned police they responded with, "It was not in fact a bomb, just an Urban Tool™." It is not known at this time if the comment referred to the pillow, or the man. Back to you Jim."

[komodo @ Mar 7th 2008 5:39AM]

nice article

[nxtiak @ Mar 7th 2008 5:44AM]

And you certainly will look like a tool using this.

[emailtabs @ Mar 7th 2008 5:50AM]

Pap

[Kash @ Mar 7th 2008 6:13AM]

wow, that looks like the biggest failure of bluetooth usage. it's really not that hard to get stereo. i wonder how fun replacing the batteries on that thing would be.

[Havitech @ Mar 7th 2008 7:04AM]

What the HELL is that guy doing to that poor pillow?

[Shane @ Mar 7th 2008 7:48AM]

I think he's trying to play air guitar...
Either that or he's REALLY lonely...

[Matt B @ Mar 7th 2008 9:07AM]

I think he is humping it. The look on his face gives it away.

[slyd3z @ Mar 7th 2008 8:57AM]

Hehehe... 'tool.' $500 for that? At least they know their target demographic (tools).

[ZeitgeistXIII @ Mar 7th 2008 9:33AM]

Two words, PHONE SEX!!!!

[E0x @ Mar 7th 2008 10:49AM]

somebody known other site that the urbantool store ? i was looking in ebay or amazon they hiphosler bag

[OneLove @ Mar 7th 2008 11:08AM]

you would have to be an URBAN TOOL to own one.

[m @ Mar 7th 2008 1:13PM]

that's what it says. up there. in the title. the first part you read.

[OneLove @ Mar 7th 2008 2:49PM]

ok, my bad.

[Lars @ Mar 7th 2008 11:51AM]

My gods! 500 bucks for that?! At first I thought, "hey, that's a good idea. Make speaker pillows with bluetooth." But, damn... 500 bucks? You can buy corded speaker pillows for like 10-20 bucks. Also the pillow doesn't look ergonomic at all. And that picture is ridiculous.

[Zak @ Mar 7th 2008 12:26PM]

That man gonna make sweet love to that pillow. Mmmhmm. He will buy it the best dinner imaginable. Corn will be served. Then he will lay it down on the bed, which is covered with the softest rose petals and splashed with the most exotic fragances, and he will hit that. He will hit it good.

[Karl Viklund @ Mar 7th 2008 1:22PM]

He really cares for his baby.

[Tristan @ Mar 7th 2008 1:25PM]

Seems a bit over the top. I got one of these for £20 :: www.soundasleeppillow.co.uk.

Ok so it's got a wire, but it's still ace