Urban Furniture.

By Miss Cellania in Gadgets, Hacks & Mods on Jul 2, 2007 at 10:12 am

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STL Loftstyle, a furniture store, has an article about both furniture that discourages the homeless and furniture that helps the homeless get a night’s sleep. Pictured is the ParaSite project, which uses exhaust from HVAC units to keep a sleeper warm on the street. Link -via Reddit


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  1. Dave
    Jul 2nd, 2007 at 11:58 am

    ParaSite… Good one there.

    I’d file this under Colossally Bad Ideas. How long would it be before someone hooked it up to the wrong kind of exhaust and died from CO2 poisoning?

  2. c-dub
    Jul 2nd, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    It’s not legal to discharge CO2 from a building at street level.

  3. Becki
    Jul 2nd, 2007 at 1:25 pm

    Why would you want to encourage the homeless to set themselves up outside your residence or business? And before you get all “holier than thou” on me ask yourself the question honestly. Would you REALLY want to do this and let random people from the street hang around your property?

  4. Barry
    Jul 2nd, 2007 at 2:25 pm

    Technologies that enable homelessness may not be the best of ideas.

  5. BikerRay
    Jul 3rd, 2007 at 5:09 am

    But when it’s cold out, the air conditioner would be off anyway, no? Not to mention dripping water when it’s on. Think I’ll stick to sleeping over a subway grate.


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