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A MagLev Bed?

July 20th, 2006

If you are ineligible for an MRI, you may not be able to sleep on the new levitating bed from Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars and Bakker Magnetics. What would you be missing?

The levitating bed is a platform that floats in space without the need for a foundation or box spring. This is possible because the bed and the floor beneath it are made of intensely powerful magnets which are placed in polar opposition to each other.

Does it make for a better night’s sleep? Since neither of us here at HHDC have tried the bed, we don’t have firsthand experience. While it is tempting to make flippant and dismissive comments about the actual therapeutic value of the bed itself, let’s try not to go there for a moment.

The “mattress” seems to be a horizontal obelisk, evocative of 2001: A Space Oddessy. It is not at all soft or gushy looking. If the magnet is not incredibly strong, I could imagine it sliding or bouncing around when a sleeper adjusts position. For a more comfortable offbeat sleeping solution, Kevin Kelley’s Cool Tools has a recommendation today: the Low Rise Cot.

Read More:

The Floating Bed [GizMag]

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