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V I T A L S T A T S
Bodyfriend Quantum Audio
Speakers by Bang & Olufsen^
$6000 / bodyfriend.comI CAN FEEL IT HUMMING
IN THE CHAIR TONIGHT
IT’S A BIT LIKE
STRAVA FOR
PEOPLE WHO
PREFER PASTRY
TO PACING
To make sure
you never bother
standing up again, the
chair has heating and
cooling options so your
rear will always be just
as toasty as you
like it.Fancy upgrading your
sitting apparatus? As
posterior plinths go, you’ll
struggle to find anything
more luxurious than this
massage chair.● The cheek of it
We’ve all done more than our fair
share of sitting down in the past
year or so. Chances are you quite
like it – the bald patch your cheeks
have worn into the sofa is a bit of a
giveaway. Why not go the whole
hog and treat your buttocks to
a rub-down while you’re at? The
graphical user interface on this
voice-controlled massage chair
will show you which muscles are
being stimulated at any given
time, and it’ll also go to work on
your calves.● The long and short of it
An articulating 10.1in HD tablet
means you’ve little reason to
get up from this 29in-wide chair,
except maybe to check your
legs still work. There’s no built-in
doughnut dispenser, but with the
screen displaying all your health
and massage data it’s a bit like
Strava for people who prefer
pastry to pacing. And if it all
gets too much and you’d rather
just imagine you’re relaxing in
space, there’s even a zero-gravity
mode (we’re not sure how they’ve
managed that), plus the ability to
recline at up to 170°.● The hear and now of it
Bodyfriend’s digital healthcare
platform uses AI voice recognition
so the Quantum chair always
knows who’s barking the orders,
learning your user preferences
and patterns to provide personal
levels of relaxation. That extends
to aural pleasure with a binaural
beat brain massage and even
a tinnitus massage, which is
just as well because you’re likely
to want to crank up that Ibiza
chillout playlist when there’s an
integrated Bang & Olufsen sound
system as your mercy.