Socialight is a lamp that only lights up if you put your phone on top of it. It’s like the new version of the phone stacking game from 2012: People put all their phones on the table at the beginning of dinner; then the first person to use the phone would pay the check.
Socialight is designed to fix this problem. The device–designed by SVA Products of Design student Kevin Cook–was inspired by the old phone stacking game, and functions similarly: The light only turns on when its hidden magnetometer detects a phone’s electromagnetic field. “[The] consequence for removing your phone is darkness, and I think that’s a pretty unambiguous cue to put your phone back down and enjoy the meal and your company,” Cook writes.
It’s good advice if you want to be famous for having a tiny bladder, and hide the fact that you’re a social dolt in the process. Maybe everyone needs a Socialight to remind them not to be a jerk to others. All I’m trying to say? Don’t date my friend unless he brings one of these to dinner.