Floating bed - rediculously cool

SteveOBHave · 4 Jul 2006 at 08:41

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/03/floating_bed/

Zip · 4 Jul 2006 at 08:43

How often have you lain in bed at night, cursing the fact that the very piece of furniture upon which you are resting your weary head is somehow despoiled by its crude and ugly legs that rest on the floor?

Ummm, Never :confused:

Zefan · 4 Jul 2006 at 08:44

233 · 4 Jul 2006 at 08:49

now that i like

penski · 4 Jul 2006 at 08:50

And...As soon as you get on it, it shifts to the side, the fields stop intersecting and you fall on your arse.

*n

Van Hellseek · 4 Jul 2006 at 08:50

not sure about a bed, but a floating coffee table would be cool.

Freefaller · 4 Jul 2006 at 08:56

Surely that would require a decent electromagnetic field and wouldn't be very good on electricty bills?

Eitherway though it's pretty cool - though as said, I'd rather have it as a coffee table rather than a bed.

zetec452 · 4 Jul 2006 at 08:58

Surely sleeping on a bed like that would cause some scary medical problems.

Stelly · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:01

JonRohan said:
Surely sleeping on a bed like that would cause some scary medical problems.

I think so... I would definately pass on that one

Stelly

Freefaller · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:01

JonRohan said:
Surely sleeping on a bed like that would cause some scary medical problems.

I was thinking that, as the magnetic fields would have to be pretty strong... some people still believe that it's negligible though.

Stelly · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:04

wouldnt you be pretty ****** if you had a power cut?

Stelly

zetec452 · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:07

Freefaller said:
I was thinking that, as the magnetic fields would have to be pretty strong... some people still believe that it's negligible though.

People like to link microwaves and all this kind of thing to cancer etc. I wouldn't have thought a bed like that would help.

Freefaller · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:08

Stelly said:
wouldnt you be pretty ****** if you had a power cut?

Stelly

Nah you'd just have a futon instead of a bed

james.miller · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:10

it doesnt say anything about the bed using electromagnets, guys. though id hate to try and move the bed if it uses perminent magnets strong enough to levitate 900kg lol

Freefaller · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:30

james.miller said:
it doesnt say anything about the bed using electromagnets, guys. though id hate to try and move the bed if it uses perminent magnets strong enough to levitate 900kg lol

That's my point though - if it has such powerful magnets a) they'd weigh a lot b) it could be a bit dodgy if it shifted too much. Hence why I'd use an electromagnet as you don't need so much metal to create the same magnetic field. Either way it's a cool idea.

Skiddley · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:31

OK in a big empty room like the one shown, but in most of our bedrooms it would be carnage with metal objects getting dragged over and clamped onto it.

Freefaller · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:35

Skiddley said:
OK in a big empty room like the one shown, but in most of our bedrooms it would be carnage with metal objects getting dragged over and clamped onto it.

I've just thought of that - that could be quite interesting!

Raumarik · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:36

Hmm would my handcuffs..

oh nevermind

AJUK · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:41

I'm sure powerful magnetic fields messing with the iron on your body will be conduscive to a good night's sleep. :rolleyes:

I work with architects everyday and this stupid idea doesn't surprise me at all. They are all fools and instead of concentrating on the job at hand their imaginations are allowed to run riot and engineers, like myself, have to pick up the pieces and make the building actually work. I once had to design a concrete bed that cantilevers from a wall for an architect once; pillock!

Freefaller · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:43

Engineers > Architects. FACT!