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Post-office meetings mean unruly chairs in the meeting room. However, Nissan came up with a unique solution when they developed self parking chairs. These self-powered office chairs can park themselves into their designated spot with a simple clap of hands.

The four motion sensitive cameras on the corners of the ceiling track the chair's motion activity. The cameras are controlled using Wi-Fi that detect the location of the chair and then calculate the distance to its starting point, as reported by Reuters.

For greater efficiency, the layout of the room is already programmed into the system. The individual chairs are assigned to their own separate spot at the meeting table. The smart system in the chairs have been programmed to make them respond to the sound of clap. Following the clap, chairs will slide back into their selected spot. Nissan worked on this project when they were developing the self-driving car technology, Tokyo Business Today reported.

"We were actually looking at office chairs as a motif and hope there is a need for this in some actual company, in their meeting room," said Yuuki Tomii of Nissan's sales promotion department.

He added: "Nissan's ultimate goal is self-driving (cars), and the self-parking part is just one of the processes along the way. More than thinking of them as just furniture, we hope people can see it as how our technology can be introduced into other objects."

Nissan released a video of the chairs recently that became an instant hit on social media, meaning that the local visitors were eager to try them out. "I had heard it was still only being developed and not to the point of being public. So I could only see here and that's why I came," said Sachiko Kuwana at the Nissan showroom, according to International Business Times.

"While I don't know the price, it is likely to be very expensive for the average household. I would love to have this at home if it was cheap enough to afford," said Shuichi Aizawa.