The popular Chinese consumer electronic brand, Gree, has recently applied for an interesting new patent. The patent was applied for back in January 2020 and details an air conditioned sofa.

According to the patent description, the unique sofa will have a body through an air inlet, and outlet will be present. In other words, the sofa’s body could have its temperature to be controlled through air flow. The body of the Gree sofa will house a fan and an apparent cooling mechanism as well to reproduce the cooling effect of air conditioners.

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This cooling mechanism is said to be more efficient and effective than traditional air conditioners. The Gree sofa can possibly provide local cooling in regards to the users’ position. In other words, it can cool the surface area where the user is in contact with. This would essentially make it a lot more efficient and lower power consumption by only targetting areas that require cooling rather than cooling the entire sofa body.

Unfortunately, we have no design images or schematics of the product at the moment. Furthermore, even its specifications or mechanisms haven’t been detailed in the application. The patent was applied for in China’s Intellectual Property Office in Beijing but it is uncertain if Gree will actually develop such a product. So take this with a grain of salt for now.

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Yet again, Xiaomi is churning out another crowdfunded smart home product, with the company revealing a February 28 launch date along with a poster on Weibo which teases what the product would likely be. We don’t know for sure what the product is but perhaps you could check the teaser out and maybe make a wild guess.

Xiaomi seems to be on a releasing spree since the beginning of the year, especially from the crowdfunded platform. We have so far seen products ranging from the Populele (Smart Ukulele), Turok Steinhardt sunglasses, intelligent flower pot, fire alarm/smoke detector, smart rearview mirror, children watches etc, and now this upcoming product.

The product would be launched on February 28 which is just next Tuesday and from the teaser, it is likely a…..Guess this one. Well, if you think this is likely a sofa meant for the outdoors, sunbathing and such like, then we are on the same page.

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Last year, the Mijia brand products posted amazing sales figures running into millions in the number of units sold and millions of yuan in revenue. The company has set a tall mission for itself in terms of revenue generation this year in a bid to reclaim its place in the global and domestic smartphone markets. The Mijia brand is a very vital part of that mission.

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