Launched at the International Home + Housewares Show 2017, held in Chicago mid March, Sobro is a 43 x 23 inch coffee table with a tempered glass top. It comes with a 24 bottle refrigerated drawer enhanced with a compressor, to cool and chill drinks and food at a user’s desired temperature; 2 smaller drawers on the right side for storage of small items, such as the TV remote and any short cables for connection; Bluetooth speakers that could play music from a nearby source; 2 USB charging ports alongside dual integrated 110V power outlets for convenient power supply to devices such as laptop, smartphone, percolator (for tea or coffee); and LED lights on the underside.
It has a touch control interface on the right corner of the table top for which one is able to adjust the cooler’s temperature within a range of 37 to 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Not forgetting that it can wirelessly connect to a Television set via Bluetooth, making your prime time programming worthwhile. So, you can set your living room to be a kitchen, dining and even entertainment room. It is designed to be plug-and-play, so a user should expect a long cable to run over to the main switch, but with the convenience of not missing a TV moment at the expense of having to run to the fridge to quench a thirst, or looking over to the wall to watch a charging phone. A summary of SoBro coffee table specifications:
A 24 bottle refrigerated drawer 2 smaller drawers Bluetooth powered speakers Bluetooth connectivity to TV 2 USB charging ports 2 power outlets LED lighting on the underside
This smart furniture goes for a low disclosed price of $499 up to $600 on indiegogo.com for crowd funding and on this site with shipping expected for September this year. Otherwise, later purchases will go for a retail fee of $1500 which makes the former deal one worth chasing. The future of furniture is defined. Photo Credit: Indiegogo
