Here’s a nice thing. It’s not revolutionary or life-changing, but it’s nice. And right now we can all use a little bit of nice. Earlier this month, Samsung announced<\/a> an addition to its line of “eco-packing”<\/a> that will turn TV boxes in a wide variety of different “furniture.” I use furniture in quotes here because it is, in fact, still cardboard.<\/span><\/p>\n As someone who has transformed a box or two into a piece of pet shelter in his time, however, I’m pretty on-board with the whole thing.<\/span><\/p>\n It’s a bit like Nintendo Labo for grownups, with a QR code that unlocks instructions for transforming the containers into a wide range of different objects, including shelves, magazine racks and even cat houses. The longevity of each will be entirely dependent on usage and your specific cat.<\/span><\/p>\n To start, the boxes will be used to ship The Serif, Frame and Sero TV models. They’ll be shopping with the TVs starting this month. Samsung’s approach earned it a CES Innovation Award back in January. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n Tags:<\/b> Brian Heater<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s a nice thing. It’s not revolutionary or life-changing, but it’s nice. And right now we can all use a little bit of nice. Earlier this month, Samsung announced an addition to its line of “eco-packing” that will turn TV boxes in a wide variety of different “furniture.” I use furniture in quotes here because it is, in fact, … Continue reading Samsung’s new ‘eco’ TV packing transforms into cat houses, shelves and magazine racks<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence-newswire","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Eco-Packaging-for-Lifestyle-TV-Lineup_2.jpg\")
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