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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - 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).

Janjaap 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.

They could find their piercing suddenly tugged toward one of the magnets.

Lol @ the concept, but comfert is key if I'm going to invest 1-and-a-half million dollars for it.

 

[TheoPetro]

this is like a month old news son

 

[Sphexi]

For $1.5mil the bed better be the best lay I've ever had.

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
For $1.5mil the bed better be the best lay I've ever had.

I think a 50cent loaf of bread could be the best lay you've ever had.

 

[DrPizza]

What a retarded idea, and who would pay 1.5 million for something like that?? Go on ebay, order a crapload of neodymium magnets... You could do it for a few thousand (including a top of the line mattress).

 

[DrPizza]

And, at Christmas time, aren't there dozens of novelty gifts for sale that have things such as globes that mysteriously hover?

 

[MaxDepth]

Thin steel cables tether the bed in place.

Not really floating is it?

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth

Thin steel cables tether the bed in place.

Not really floating is it?

If the cables are not bearing load, then yes, it is.