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August 13, 2006

Million dollar magnet bed

Now you can hover sleep thanks to Janjaap Ruijssenaars, a Dutch architect who has invented a bed that levitates above the floor using powerful magnets. He claims it was inspired by the black monolith featured in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Apart from a few wires holding it in place, there's nothing between this thing and the floor apart from magnetism.

You can have one for just US$1,512,401.69.

No word if that price includes a timer that shuts off the current at the instant you wish to awake. Or if you get a backup generator.