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Is it Time for a Magnetic Floating Bed?
An anonymous reader writes "In one of the coolest implementations of ridiculously expensive tech to come along in a while, it seems that a Dutch architect has created a magnetically suspended bed. That is, if you happen to have a spare $1.54 million laying around you don't know what to do with and don't mind being careful about your piercings when getting the cat from under the bed."
I thought for a moment that the sleeping person himself would be magnetically suspended.
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Yes. You'd expect that at this price, the designer could've come up with a way to hold the bed in place magnetically. For example by having a lining of inverse-polarity magnets around the border of the bed.
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If it's so perfect, why are there so many different mattresses? And water beds. And why do the Japanese have their beds directly on the floor, while we have them on legs? And...
Nothing's perfect.
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If by "advancing civilization" you mean providing a new and innovative place for procreation of the species, sure. Especially since a maglev bed makes no squeaks -- great for small apartments.
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