Aimed at stopping people from ruining dates, getting distracted at concerts and clogging up sidewalks, the tongue-in-cheek product "acts as a surrogate to any smart mobile device, enabling you to always have a rectangle of smooth, cold plastic to clutch without forgoing any potential engagement with your direct environment".
Its creators have already raised over $8,000 for it on Kickstarter (after seeking $5,000), and will presumably spend about $100 of it 3D-printing the phones and the other $7,900 filling a swimming pool with parmesan cheese or something .... http://www.independent.co.uk
