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Car seats haven’t changed much over the years. Aside from electronic
controls, body-hugging bolsters and the ability to massage your back,
nothing about seat technology could be called revolutionary. Until now.
Automotive supplier Faurecia sees a future where your seat is
connected to your smartphone, which uses apps to customize the seat to
perfectly suit your body and allows you to download the latest upgrades.
The company is forging two paths toward this fantastic future of
superlative comfort.The first is an ultra-lightweight, super-compact throne (pictured
above) that’s as close to an Aeron chair as you can get in an
automobile. It’s called the Urban Rhythm (No — really. It is.) and
everything about it was designed to reduce the weight and bulk of modern
seats. That allows automakers to use less material inside the car,
thereby reducing weight and boosting fuel economy. Faurecia calls it a
“bio-sympathetic” design and claims the seats could be less than 30 mm
thick — impressive, given the average seat is between 60 and 120 mm.
What’s more, it’s actually comfortable.
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