<![CDATA[Gizmodo: bed]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: bed]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/bed http://gizmodo.com/tag/bed <![CDATA['Princess and the Pea' Alarm Clock Makes It Impossible to Stay in Bed]]> This homemade "Princess and the Pea" alarm clock is hooked up to a compressor that will literally toss you out of bed if you hit the snooze button. Not exactly subtle, but it sure is effective. [ProjectPage via Make]

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<![CDATA[Sleep Doesn't Seem Like a Priority With the Expose LED Bed]]> My guess is that sleep isn't the priority when you own the Expose LED line of bedroom furniture. I'm surprised there's no waterbed option.

I suppose this is the right bed for you if you prefer to pleasure partners like you're a character in a supernatural slasher film or in an '80s metal music video—but I digress. The bed, nightstand and wall lamp combo are handcrafted from rotten teak planks, which provides ideal cavities to embed LEDs (a clear epoxy material generates the light color effect). Guys with little taste and lots of money can score a set for $7,500. [Treecycled Furniture via Born Rich]

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<![CDATA[BedBunker: Sleep Soundly with WWIII Under Your Pillow]]> I can't speak for everyone here, but if I could sleep every night atop my 32 rifles or 70 handguns, I'd just worry that the Boogie Man would find a way to arm himself.

The BedBunker is a 1300lb 10 gauge steel strongbox that locks your arsenal away safely with a hydraulic gas-assist piston—even in a fire. Withstanding up to 1533 degrees for 2 hours, the BedBunker keeps your guns safe from your extensive napalm collection, making $2,200+ a small price to pay for a good night of your guns' sleep. [BedBunker via Uncrate via OhGizmo!]

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<![CDATA[With a Name Like 'Luminotherapy' It Hardly Sounds Seedy at All]]> Philippe Boulet's "luminotherapy" bed is supposed to help you sleep. But since when does light shining in someone's face help them sleep?

Loaded with a variety of multicolored LEDs, you can change the hue of the luminotherapy bed with the touch of a remote. The resulting colors, such as pink, blue and green will make your lover glow with all the vibrancy of a Star Trek Original Series alien babe. Well, that, or they'll give you night terrors of being stuck on a Cylon base ship (before they got all lovey hippie on the humans) or a painfully hipster sushi joint. [phillipe boulet via Unplggd]

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<![CDATA[Safe-T Bed: Sleep Soundly on a Cache of Guns, Jewels and Money]]> Somewhere between a sock and an actual bank lies the Executive Safe-T bed. Hollandia International's design incorporates a heavy-duty safe underneath the mattress and a cover in the head joint of the bed base.

The bed was originally developed for a wealthy international customer that wanted to keep a handgun close by at all times, but it is just as useful for keeping you valuables secure. The safe can be added to any Hollandia bed for around $400, but the beds themselves can run in excess of $20,000. As an alternative, you could always pick up a pair of skid marked security briefs for around $6. It's probably just as effective. [Hollandia via Born Rich]

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<![CDATA[Kidtropolis' Magic Indoor Treehouse Bedroom]]> I'm not sure who is getting the Magic Treehouse Bedroom that is currently being constructed by the craftsman at Kidtropolis, but I'm jealous. When I was a kid, I didn't have any fancy indoor treehouse to sleep in—just a cot and some newspaper. Still, I am not too bitter to recognize the artistry that goes into making a custom bedroom of this caliber. Just don't let your kids see it—unless you have a lot of money to burn that is. [Kidtropolis via WIred GeekDad]

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<![CDATA[Bed Made of DC-9 Fins Lets You Join Mile High Club at Sea Level]]> A chair made of torpedo-launcher parts just wouldn't say "come hither" to techy ladies in the same way as this bed from Motoart. Dubbed Mile High, you can tell it's aimed at the sexier end of the geek furniture market, partly as it's marketed with a "a wonderful playground for you and your co-pilot" slogan, and especially when you notice the line of glowing red LEDs that pimp the frame's lower edge. The 11- by 7.5-foot bed is made of two DC-9 stabilizer fins and a C-130 inner flap. And if there's a particular aviator you want to attract between the sheets, you'll likely have to save up: it's price on application only, which generally means lots of dollars. [MotoArt via TFTS]

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<![CDATA[Laptop Bed Desk Comes With Built-in Fans, Speakers]]> Those of us that have worked from home when sick in bed know that balancing a laptop on our knees while trying to watch TV and eat cereal at the same time is quite difficult. If we only had this notebook desk, we could easily store our stuff there while at the same time enjoying its built-in 2.1 speaker system and cooling fans. That photo above is pretty much exactly what we look like in bed—handling our laptop with one hand with a magazine spread out beside us, face alight with joy. [Fedom via Gearlog]

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<![CDATA[Toast Mattress Perfect For Hot, Buttery Afternoon Delights]]> Sure, Wilson, there is plenty of information out there today on flat toasters, but what about mattresses that look like toast? You didn't consider that, did you? Well, worry not, because I'm here to serve up this toasty, delectable looking 6' by 7' Inflatable Toast Mattress to top off our crispy brunch coverage for the day. Don't let the looks fool you though. Since this toast is made of rubber, not wheat, it is more for the sleepy, not the hungry. Sleeping with a knife and butter is optional but not recommended, since the Inflatable Toast Mattress retails for $170. [Archie McPhee via Fabulist]

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<![CDATA[Cat Desktop Bed Is a Good Idea, But Cats Will Never Go For It]]> Our resident cat expert, Mark Wilson, tells me that cats will never go for this desktop cat bed. It's not that it's a bad idea—a clamp-on bed so your cat can sit close to your hands, but not close enough to mash keys on your keyboard—but it's just impractical. Mark claims his cat loves jumping in his arm, his hands and his stomach whenever he's doing work. This bed would just give the cat a little perch to leap off. Just look at the cat's eye language. It's saying, "watch out bitch, here I come." [The Refined Feline via DVICE via Oh Gizmo via Geekologie via MAKE]

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<![CDATA[The Style of a Powder Blue Tracksuit Combined With the Comfort of a Bed]]> Don't get me wrong, I like where the designer behind this tracksuit bed concept is coming from. Having the ability to comfortably rest just about anywhere is definitely a positive feature—but the flaw here is not in the concept, it is in the execution. Powder blue tracksuits are not flattering—and stuffing them with padding does not help matters. Gimme a high tech solution that doesn't make me look like a crazy senior citizen and I'm all over it. [no puedo creer via Coolbuzz via Gearfuse]

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<![CDATA[Akva Sound Musical Waterbed Adds Soundtrack to the Motion of the Ocean]]> Waterbed manufacturer Akva wants to help you with your rhythm in the bedroom with the Akva Sound. The Sound comes with all the squishy goodness you've come to expect from a waterbed, but with the added bonus of being able to carry a tune. Using speakers located in a built-in base plate, Akva Sound can pump all sorts of crazy tunes into your body as you sleep, read or do whatever it is people do in a waterbed these days.

If that doesn't have you vaulting to the phone to place an order already, perhaps the understated Akva sales pitch will sway you: "Feel the gallop thundering through your body — sense the blast from take-off, or lose yourself in the giddying sensation of hovering with eagles in the sky. It is all just motion picture make believe, of course - but when you are lying in your waterbed with its built-in loudspeakers, you feel like Harry Potter on the Hippogriff's back." Hear that? This bed feels like mounting a Hippogriff. SOLD. [Akva Sound]

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<![CDATA[Hi-Can High Fidelity Canopy: Never Leave Your Bed Again]]> Details are sketchy at the moment, but the Hi-Can high fidelity canopy features beautifully designed equipment that allows you to surf the web, watch movies, play games, and listen to music all from the comfort of your bed. There is even a slick looking control panel on the headboard that allows you to control other gadgets in the room. At this point, the Hi-Can looks as though it is only a concept from designer Edoardo Carlino—but the video after the break ends with the words "coming soon." One can only hope.

[Hi-Can via Likecool]

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<![CDATA[Love Mattress Offers Comfort and...Traction]]> Sleeping with your arm around a loved one—how sweet. Unfortunately, doing this in a conventional bed is massively uncomfortable. There is simply no place to put the extra arm—and its not like your loved one can just lay on it. If you do that, you might as well go the whole 9 and chop it off because it will be useless in the morning.

Fortunately, Mehdi Mojtabvi's Love Mattress offers a genius solution involving polyurethane-injected foam strips that allow arms and feet to fit snugly in the gaps. Apparently, the latter would be good for those who tend to sleep on their stomachs—but it doesn't take a vivid imagination to think of some other uses for that kind of traction. Too bad it is only a concept at this point. [Gooya Design via Freshome via Inventor Spot]

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<![CDATA[Gravity Zero Groove Bed May Be Too Entertaining to Sleep On]]> Never mind that the color scheme looks like it was designed by Ronald McDonald—this Gravity Zero bed is packing some serious features, like a 150-watt sound system, 2 sleep system motors, 2 powerful massage systems with 12 programs, four-joint adjustability, flexible shoulder comfort zone, pneumatic hand control, and a ventilated Talalay latex mattress for added comfort and support.

Pricing details have not been made available, but my guess is that it won't come anywhere near cheap. It you are willing to drop some serious cash on the Gravity Zero, rest assured that it will be available in a variety of colors. [Gravity Zero via Born Rich via UberReview]

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<![CDATA[LapDawg Wooden Laptop Stand Hands-On (Working From Bed Never Felt So Easy)]]> lapdawg.pngSeeing as we work at home, being able to type on the couch and in bed is as important as a stable net connection. The LapDawg, an adjustable wooden stand for beds and couches, fits our needs fairly well. As you can see above (I figured you'd rather see a female model than myself) the LapDawg restricts your movement when in use.

The stand itself consists of easy-to-assemble leg pieces and a big wooden tray that holds the laptop. The legs are adjustable by way of a twist-screw and can be set at anywhere between 5 and 90 degrees.

After using it for a week (and using it to type up this review) we're definitely sold on the idea.

Although you could definitely use the LapDawg on your desk as a stand, that's not its main purpose. The primary idea is to tilt your laptop while you're lying or sitting so that you can both type and see easier than if it were on your lap. Plus, with the wooden stand, a hot laptop no longer means a lowered sperm count.

IMG_1152.JPGWhen we were lying on the bed, the wide legs provided ample room for our own legs to go. The 45-degree angle we set it at made it easy to both type and see the screen. Our only complaint was having to put a magazine under our MacBook Pro because it didn't rise high enough on the stand. The laptop holder at the bottom jammed our wrists otherwise.

As for using it the couch, you'd probably want to set the angle a bit shallower than 45 degrees, but it still retains much of its usefulness. However, if you transition regularly from bed to desk and need to adjust the angle accordingly, you may find the twist-screws on the LapDawg a bit clumsy. Better to set it once than have to change it all the time.

IMG_1153.JPGUnless you also enjoy working from bed or in some other prone position, the $79.99 + $20 may be a bit steep. But if you do, the wooden finish and secure legs makes the LapDawg quite useful.

Product Page [LapDawg]

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<![CDATA[ErgoQuest 500 Lets You Lie Down on the Job]]> Us bloggers are a lucky bunch. Not only do we get to skip the daily hassle of commuting to and from an office every morning, but now thanks to this contraption, we can also skip the whole "getting out of bed" part. The ErgoQuest 500 is a height adjustable workstation that can be used while sitting, standing, or lying down. It supports up to 400 pounds of equipment and comes with motorized legs and tilt platforms. The $4,000 workstation can even support an optional triple LCD arm. My only fear—this means you'll never be able to call out sick again.

Product Page [via Coolest Gadgets]

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<![CDATA[Electric Futon Better Than Motel Magic Fingers]]>

I slept on a ratty old imitation Japanese futon through years of college, and my neck and back still haven't forgotten the spongy cotton bed. I might try one again, but only if it's Panasonic's $2000 Programmable Pleasant Sleep Mattress. Hit the "Good Night" button and the 8 computer controlled airbags rise and fall sequentially over 10 minutes, stretching out your bod. There's even a foot warming function so you can lose the socks at night. Just make sure you don't activate the tentacle penetration mode, or you'll be sorry.

Panasonic's Programmable Pleasant Sleep Mattress [Tokyo Mango and The Raw Feed]

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<![CDATA[Luxury Bed With Built-In TV]]> What could be better than watching TV in bed? How about watching TV in bed on a TV that's built into the bed? Using a wireless remote, you can activate the TV that rises out of the foot of the bed like a display-screen in some James Bond villain's hideout. The TV is only 22", but it should be large enough since it's so close to you.

Also built into the bed, an electronic leveling system. The only downside, as it usually is with cool products, is the price. $25,900 for this bed. We don't think many people would buy a bed that's worth more than their cars.

Uber-Cool Luxury Bed [uber review]

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<![CDATA[Computer Desk-Bed]]> For city dwellers tight on space and students in dorms, the Computer Bed combines a computer desk with a bed. A stylish wooden desk by that folds down to reveal a hidden twin sized bed.

Although the bed is useful and practical, it doesn't look very sturdy. Even with the new "metal bed frame" and "wooden slate foundation", a well-fed fellow would probably be too much for the joints and come collapsing down all his equipment.

Available now for $2079.

The Computer Bed [Euro FlyingBeds via Sagags]

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