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Design
Cosmovoide Bed is Luxurious, US$60,000 and Should be Mork and Mindy’s
8:57PM Kit Eaton | We spend around a third of our lives asleep… but that can’t justify spending US$60,000 on a bed, can it? The makers of Cosmovoide think it can. Their luxury bed is shaped like an egg (to either give you Morkian dreams, or wrap you up in cozy cosmic harmony or some such nonsense), has hammock-like suspending springs, seven rainbow-coloured LEDs, a telephone, and a DVD/home theatre set-up including a TV at its foot. Most fascinating? Its twin “electric relaxation bed frames,” which just get the mind boggling. That price is the base model, by the way: it’s customisable, according to its crazy French manufacturers. [Born Rich] More »
Regulars
10 Gadgety Reasons to Stay in Bed All Weekend
8:00AM Sean Fallon | Another long workweek draws to a close, and that means its time for the Thank Giz It’s Friday roundup of gadgets to help you get the most out of your weekend—or, in this case, the least. In fact, the focus this week is to supply you with 10 good gadgety excuses to stay in bed. Naturally, you probably have a few questions about how this can be done, so let’s get started.
Design
Is This The Best Mantrap I’ve Ever Seen?
12:44AM Addy Dugdale | For when a lasso won’t do, may I recommend The Trap, an art installation by This Is Collective, a bunch of rather clever designers. The embroidered steaks on the bedspread, means it will only work on meat-eating sewing freaks, ladies. The Trap was on show at the Come Up To My Room installation in Toronto last week. [Gladstone Hotel via MoCo Loco] More »
Gadgets
Cute Model Demos Starry Night Luxo-Bed
12:00AM Charlie White | Come along on a bed tour, where this Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed by Leggett & Platt can run as high as $55,000, depending on how you configure it. Plug in your iPod (it’s not quite ready for the iPhone, even though it will fit), trick it out with 2K watts of subwoofer/fanny-rattling power, or team it up with electronic trickery that even senses when you’re snoring too much or trigger the lights and raises the blinds when you rise in the morning. Also on this video montage of robotic beddom, don’t miss the LCD screen that slides out from under the bed. This one you see here is $20K, perfect for that upwardly mobile bachelor who seems to get laid all the time. We want that mounted under our Starry Night crib, racking up a $US68,000 bed. Or we could just get a big honkin’ Hummer and sleep in that every night. More »
Gadgets
Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed, a $55K Magic Carpet of Gadgety Delights
3:25AM Charlie White | This Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed by Leggett & Platt looks like the crib of the century, and we’re not even finished with the first decade yet. First of all, it keeps an eye on what you’re doing all night long, diagnosing your movement and breathing patterns, and even sensing that buzz-saw snoring that keeps everybody in the house awake all night. It claims to be able to reduce snoring in mild to moderate cases by elevating your torso a few degrees. Good luck with that. But that’s just the beginning of this complete lap of luxury, equipped with gadgets from head-to-toe. More »
Gadgets
Love Mattress Offers Comfort and…Traction
9:40AM Sean Fallon | Sleeping with your arm around a loved one—how sweet. Unfortunately, doing this in a conventional bed is massively uncomfortable. There is simply no place to put the extra arm—and its not like your loved one can just lay on it. If you do that, you might as well go the whole 9 and chop it off because it will be useless in the morning. Fortunately, Mehdi Mojtabvi’s Love Mattress offers a genius solution involving polyurethane-injected foam strips that allow arms and feet to fit snugly in the gaps. Apparently, the latter would be good for those who tend to sleep on their stomachs—but it doesn’t take a vivid imagination to think of some other uses for that kind of traction. Too bad it is only a concept at this point. [Gooya Design via Freshome via Inventor Spot] More »
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Parents Build Tardis Bedroom for Their Little Doctor Who Clone
11:00AM Sean Fallon | Unfortunately, there is not much in the way of information (or pictures for that matter) of the Tardis bedroom that Steve Baker of Sittingbourne, Kent, built for his 10-year-old son George, but the image included here should give you the gist. Obviously the kid is a rabid Doctor Who fan —an obsession that is only encouraged by the fact that everyone notices that he looks like a miniature David Tennant. Watch your back David—George will probably be after your job one of these days. [The Sun via Peculiarosities via about:blank] More »
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ChiliPad Regulates Bed Temperature, You Supply the Hotness
6:15AM Charlie White | If you’re jittery about an electric blanket frying your brain, here’s the ChiliPad from T2 International to keep you warm all night long, using technology normally seen in cooling systems for overclocked PCs. Water flows through soft coils in this mattress pad, either heating your bed up to 105° in the winter or keeping you nice and chilled at 65° in the summer. If you’re a cool cat sleeping with a hotty, each you can control your own temperature via a remote control for each of its two zones. You’ll pay $US479-$999 depending on your mattress size. Hey, this could save some money on heating and air conditioning. [Chili Technology, via New Launches] More »
Gadgets
Orgasmo Clock: Wake Up to a Female Orgasm Everyday
11:40AM Sean Fallon | Long for the sound of a female having an orgasm while in bed? Well, it is time to make that dream a reality my friend. Not an actual, living woman mind you—I mean let’s be realistic here. I’m referring to this sleek-looking Orgasmo Clock. Just set the alarm and you will be gently coaxed from your slumber with the soothing sounds of a woman getting her rocks off. Not as good as the real thing, but certainly better than the irritating alarm from most clocks. Available for $US25. [Product Page] More »
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