A Technology We Should Be Investing More In

Inflatable furniture isn't just for losers. Or at least it shouldn't be. Inflatable furniture is scientifically determined to be the most comfortable furniture available to the civilian public. Have you ever sat on an inflatable couch? You'd never want to go back to springs if you had.

However, inflatable furniture is annoying. Yes you can buy an inflatable couch at the Five Dollar Store, but it shows. Those things leak. All of them, slowly and surely. If you wanted to have an inflatable chair as part of your daily furniture, you would have to blow it up every day. Who wants to bother with that?

Is it that hard to keep inflatable things inflated? Bicycle inner tubes keep their air for a long time despite enormous pressure. I am sure that science could come up with a way to make couches that don't go flat over the weekend. Maybe just make the plastic that forms the shell of the couch extra thick. It really can't be that hard. While they're at it, maybe they could make it not come in the worst colors imaginable.

Frankly, I think some of the effort that we currently put into wristwatch R&D should go into inflatable furniture. Wristwatches have gone as far as they're going to go, folks. Onward and upward.