Floating bed - rediculously cool

iCraig · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:53

I wonder what the sex would be like on one of those things.

No creaks would equal total stealth sex. :cool:

aardvark · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:17

i wonder how this will pass heath and safety regulations - strong magnetic fields are not particularly heathly - the hassle we went through when we got a new NMR machine a few years ago was huge, and that was sheilded.

monkeyspank · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:21

What happens if it flips over?

:eek:

William · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:22

iCraig said:
I wonder what the sex would be like on one of those things.

No creaks would equal total stealth sex.

I believe you would find yourself hurtling across the room at quite a pace.

Be fun, you could have races with your friends.

As to iron in the blood, its in a complex ion so it shouldn't be too bad if anything at all. Will probably mess with your brain though.

HEADRAT · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:29

I wonder if any research has been done onto the healt implications of long term exposure of the human body to strong magnetic fields?

HEADRAT

William · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:32

Pretty insufficent to what it actually does but the general consensus is, that it isn't good.

bitslice · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:33

some loons already think magnets do some good
and have them built into everything they come into contact with
http://www.magnetictherapy.co.uk/

geeza · 4 Jul 2006 at 11:23

arnt you suppose to flip the matress once every 2 weeks or something. I wouldnt like to flip it and have it fly down and splat my arms with a 900kg force thanks

William · 4 Jul 2006 at 11:25

geeza said:
arnt you suppose to flip the matress once every 2 weeks or something. I wouldnt like to flip it and have it fly down and splat my arms with a 900kg force thanks

Last time I heard of people flipping matresses was to avoid the Nazis. :-/

Raymond Lin · 4 Jul 2006 at 11:26

it'll never work, there are no forces to stop it going sideways.

Freefaller · 4 Jul 2006 at 11:38

Raymond Lin said:
it'll never work, there are no forces to stop it going sideways.

But wait - what if you put feet on it....

William · 4 Jul 2006 at 11:39

I guess you could have posts with magnets in them which stops it shooting off.

geeza · 4 Jul 2006 at 11:42

is it made in ireland by any chance?

Any coins in the pockets will be stolen by the coin collecting bed

Sparky__H · 4 Jul 2006 at 11:52

Ok fear my paint skills!

As long as all four directions of movement have a magnetic force that can negate that movement then a sensor can be placed in the bed. A simple embedded system could keep tabs on the sensor location (proximity switch measuring eddies) and modify current to magnets to maintain set point.

It’s possible but I certainly wouldn’t want to pay for one.

SteveOBHave · 4 Jul 2006 at 11:59

Raymond Lin said:
it'll never work, there are no forces to stop it going sideways.

Physics not a strong point? heard of mag-lev trains?
I'm sure they have thought about the bed sliding off, just turn the magnets in towards the centre of the bed...

SteveOBHave · 4 Jul 2006 at 12:00

"The magnetic field on top of the Floating Bed is strongly reduced, so bank cards will not be erased."

Thought it was worth noting...

Raymond Lin · 4 Jul 2006 at 12:02

SteveOBHave said:
Physics not a strong point? heard of mag-lev trains?
I'm sure they have thought about the bed sliding off, just turn the magnets in towards the centre of the bed...

unless the magnets are sideways to the bed, i can still see it going over.

AJUK · 4 Jul 2006 at 12:07

Constructing the bed is entirely feasible, it is just a stupid idea.

Aod · 4 Jul 2006 at 12:08

Freefaller said:
Engineers > Architects. FACT!

damn straight

William · 4 Jul 2006 at 12:09

I want to make a levitating coil, you know where you get a big coil of copper wire then have it hover by pushing a high current through it.

Floating bed - rediculously cool

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