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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Thats cool….what happens if sumone crawls under it though…… 0.0
I sense headlines about small children being crushed.
I think magnets go through physical body so it should be okay…
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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.
can I get a magnetic table to stick my reading material on?
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?
No, I am pretty sure you will be crushed if you enter a magnetic field.
That really is impressive, although we need more pics.
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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.
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 !!!:)
not recommended for people with pacemakers or artificial hearts…
On the other hand, magnetic fields are supposed to increase blood circulation.. yay!
Jan Jaap are two names
Hehe, yes i meant the magnetic waves.
The name Janjaap has been corrected to Jan Jaap, thank you!
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Just don’t try to use silverware on that table…
oh yeah, it’d stick huh?
Wouldnt that be sort of uncomfortable, not to mention the cords holding it in place would take up your entire free bedroom space
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.
Oh yeah for sure, they have to really make this safe first… :0)
Hmm… Power blackouts, anyone?
Otherwise, it’s an fantastic design. I bloody love it.
Hmm… Power blackouts, anyone?
Otherwise, it’s a fantastic design. I bloody love it.
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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.
hehe, yep, it will float no matter what… in theory that is…
uh, this is retarded. if you are going to have steel cables, just hang the bed from the ceiling on the cables
where’s the steel cables???
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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 ?
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Sway….awesome bed. But I wonder what if you bring any steel or magnetic item close to it.
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.
A floating bed is an ultimate concept bed. This will be providing an extra cusion effect for those sleeping over it. Watch out British beds store for more interesting beds at an amazingly low prices
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