Recliners can push back to go from chairs to a more supine seat, and pull-out sofas become beds. Having furniture with more than one function is nothing new, but using your app to control smart ...

In the never ending quest to connect everything to the internet, there's now a sofa that can be controlled from a smartphone. The Lift-Bit, developed by international design firm Carlo Ratti Associati ...

Designed by Carlo Ratti Associati, in partnership with Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra, the Lift-Bit is described as an "internet-of-things sofa." It comprises individual upholstered stools that ...

Carlo Ratti, who founded MIT’s forward-thinking Senseable City Lab, has designed a sofa called Lift-Bit. It is on display at La Triennale in Milan, where innumerable furniture-makers showcase their ...

Creativity is encouraged for owners of the Lift-bit furniture system designed by Carlo Ratti for the company Vitra. Depending on how the units are laid out you can arrange a winding sofa for party ...

You can use a smartphone to order food, check your bank account, find a date and now custom-build an ever-changing sofa. Touted as "the world's first digitally-transformable sofa," the Lift-Bit couch ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Ever wish your couch would transform to be more comfortable? In the future, it could. A new product, called the Lift-bit, is a hexagonal stool that can be connected to ...

With everything else quickly joining the connected realm, it’s only a matter of time before your ratty old couch joins the party. Lift-Bit isn’t the only connected furniture in town, although it might ...