I’ve written before about “ambient information” — the concept of transmitting information in periphery of your attention, instead of in the center. The most famous designers doing this right now are the guys at Ambient Devices, but I recently saw a new and rather goofy one: the Wave Pillow. It’s a pillow for surfers; it checks online to see if the waves are good, and if so, it vibrates gently to wake you up. Dude.

(Thanks to the Julia Set blog for this one!)