Robot Furniture Makes Tiny Apartments Seem Big

Tiny apartments are about to seem slightly less-tiny and slightly more anthropomorphic, like a Betty Boop cartoon but without the faces, thanks to a partnership between Ori Systems and MIT. Robotic furniture, which might be on the market as soon as 2017, can make a tiny mini-apartment that measures only 200-300 square feet, seem much larger. Furniture folds away when not in use, and can even be moved off to the side entirely to enable modest entertaining.

Something tells us this technology will come in awfully handy in places where tiny apartments are the norm, like Tokyo or New York City.