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Magnetic Floating Bed

Magnetic Floating Bed

Remember the previous floating bed that is not actually floating but attached to a wall? Now check out this magnetic floating bed, it really floats but it’s going to cost you about 1.5 million dollars.

A young Dutch architect has created a floating bed which hovers above the ground through magnetic force and comes with a price tag of 1.2 million euros ($1.54 million).
Jan Jaap Ruijssenaars took inspiration for the bed — a sleek black platform, which took six years to develop and can double as a dining table or a plinth — from the mysterious monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 cult film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

“No matter where you live all architecture is dictated by gravity. I wondered whether you could make an object, a building or a piece of furniture where this is not the case — where another power actually dictates the image,” Ruijssenaars said.

Magnets built into the floor and into the bed itself repel each other, pushing the bed up into the air. Thin steel cables tether the bed in place.

“It is not comfortable at the moment,” admits Ruijssenaars, adding it needs cushions and bedclothes before use.

Although people with piercings should have no problem sleeping on the bed, Ruijssenaars advises them against entering the magnetic field between the bed and the floor.


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36 Responses to “Magnetic Floating Bed”

  1. Magnetic Floating Bed | zedomax.com - blog about DIYs and Review on reviews of gadgets and technologies... Says:

    [...] out this $1.5 Million magnetic floating bed. I wonder if all the magnetic energies are good for your body… A young Dutch architect has [...]

  2. Hannah Says:

    Thats cool….what happens if sumone crawls under it though…… 0.0

    I sense headlines about small children being crushed.

  3. Max Says:

    I think magnets go through physical body so it should be okay…

  4. G.R.A.M.S. Is Geometry Blog » Blog Archive » Magnetic Floating Bed Says:

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  5. Oliver Luker Says:

    Magnets do indeed ‘go through’ the human body, which is how MRI scans work. It may not be wholly, 100% safe - but as Hannah mentioned, I’d be more concerned about getting crushed.

  6. mkbrooks Says:

    can I get a magnetic table to stick my reading material on?

  7. flamboozled Says:

    hannah: how could children be crushed if the bed is floating?

    max: when magnets go through physical bodies, it hurts. perhaps you meant magnetic waves?

  8. Rodo Says:

    No, I am pretty sure you will be crushed if you enter a magnetic field.

  9. Jimmt Says:

    That really is impressive, although we need more pics.

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  10. Ben Says:

    If you crawled underneath, the magnetic flux would have no effect on the human body, unless you’re wearing anything magnetic, such as piercings or a pacemaker.

    However, it would hurt if it dropped on you, which it won’t.

    If one of the cables snapped, it would just fly sideways.

  11. Ohac Says:

    wow.. thats awsome! id like to sit on one someday. Though i dont have the money to buy one for myself. But it really should be at display in a mostly dull country as Norway!!!

    wondering if it moves a bit when one turn in nighttime-sleeping???

    Annywho.. This is what i like with technology and the way it all has to turn out..
    Now im off to my black hole.. looking for new and intriuiging things to read and look at !!!

    cool idea !!!:)

  12. kvh Says:

    not recommended for people with pacemakers or artificial hearts…

    On the other hand, magnetic fields are supposed to increase blood circulation.. yay!

  13. James John Malcolm (AkaXakA) Says:

    Jan Jaap are two names :)

  14. Max Says:

    Hehe, yes i meant the magnetic waves.
    The name Janjaap has been corrected to Jan Jaap, thank you!
    :)

  15. Asides Says:

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  16. YA Says:

    Just don’t try to use silverware on that table…

  17. Max Says:

    oh yeah, it’d stick huh?

  18. Dude Says:

    Wouldnt that be sort of uncomfortable, not to mention the cords holding it in place would take up your entire free bedroom space

  19. Andrej Says:

    If that cable snapped while someone was on the bed, that would be a nasty site…
    it would probably flip around like a pancake (with extra weight plus magnetic force) just try putting 2 magnets together with the same poles - when you let go one of them it flips around and sticks to the other one.

  20. Max Says:

    Oh yeah for sure, they have to really make this safe first… :0)

  21. Madibaman Says:

    Hmm… Power blackouts, anyone? :)

    Otherwise, it’s an fantastic design. I bloody love it.

  22. Madibaman Says:

    Hmm… Power blackouts, anyone? :)

    Otherwise, it’s a fantastic design. I bloody love it.

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  24. Niek Says:

    This bed doesn’t use any power, it uses permanent magnets.
    So if there are power blackouts, you’ll still be able to sleep on a floating bed.

  25. Max Says:

    hehe, yep, it will float no matter what… in theory that is…

  26. d Says:

    uh, this is retarded. if you are going to have steel cables, just hang the bed from the ceiling on the cables

  27. Max Says:

    where’s the steel cables???

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    [...] though… the floating round bed is lame, and the floating magnet bed is the [...]

  29. bob Says:

    hey-this can go nicely in that $ 75,000,000 home…what-no mattress or anything else for my money ? $1.54 million and I don’t even get the mattress ?

  30. dblog-Tech News And Other Humorous And Frightening Things From Around The Web Says:

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  32. colbert Says:

    Sway….awesome bed. But I wonder what if you bring any steel or magnetic item close to it.

  33. Theresa Says:

    It certainly looks great if you like the cold and tidy look…
    must be kinda strange to sleep on though.. especialy in the kind of room that it is photographed in.

    Even if I had the money I wouldn’t buy it - I’m sure it can’t be too healthy spending so much time in close proximity with powerful magnets.

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  36. City of Skies » Blog Archive » The Floating Bed Says:

    [...] Do you have 1.5 million dollars to blow and you need a bed? Well this might be for you. We posted earlier on the floating couch, now you can actually buy a floating bed by Dutch designer Janjaap Ruijssenaars. He got his inspiration for the bed by the monolith from 2001: A Space Odessey. Just remember to take off your metal jewelry before hopping onto this huge magnetically-enforced bed before taking a nap. [via] [...]

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