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Posts tagged “bed”

The Somnus-Neu Bed Soothes All Your Senses

We thought our memory foam mattress was a big deal. Then our eyes fell onto the description and photos of the Somnus-Neu Bed, which is not so much just a bed, but a whole sleeping/rest environment t...

Work and Sleep On the Same Piece of Furniture

We already feel like all we do is work and sleep. To hit the idea home, we have designers like this making "its-a-bed-no-wait-its-a-desk" furniture like this customizable unit......

Beds For Men: It's a Man's World, Women Just Sleep in it
The Wall Street Journal

Are men and women that different when it comes what they want in a bed? We'll leave what they want in bed to another blog. Apparently bed manufacturers think so; there's a whole new section of the ...

Computers in the Bedroom? Next to the Bed?!

It's usually a last-resort spot that's result of a too-small bedroom or an awkward floor plan. But are there any advantages to keeping the desk next to your bed?...

Tok and Study Makes Lazy Get Serious

We know it's not the most ergonomic way to type and surf the Web, but sometimes you just want to crawl into bed with your laptop and spend a lazy Sunday scouring Facebook and YouTube......

Doze Off to Music with the Sound Asleep Pillow

Plenty of us seem to wear headphones while working, but in the last year or so we've returned to a teen habit: easing into sleep while listening to music with headphones. After about 30 minutes of lis...

Look! Kid's Gaming Screen in the Ceiling

When we asked you "What's the Appropriate TV for a Kid's Room?," the answer was a loud-and-clear N-O. Most of you, despite growing up with TVs in your rooms, elected that your kids shouldn't have thei...

Hi-Tech Sleeping: The HiCan Bed

A year ago, we reported about the HiCan bed, a great excuse to never leave the comforts of your bed: the modern canopy bed design offers a home theater experience with an automatic pull down screen,...

The Pure Air Sleep System Air Purifier Keeps You Breathing Easy While You Sleep

The Pure Air Sleep System Air Purifier is one of those home tech gadgets that look like something we'd half expect Michael Jackson to use on a regular basis. As strange as it looks, we don't doubt it ...

Zeo: The Personal Sleep Coach

If you've ever suffered from insomnia, you know how debilitating it can be to spend a night tossing and turning in your bed. You go to bed tired and you wake up tired. Zeo has thought of a way of help...

No Need For a Tanning Bed Anymore...

This might be more applicable to the summer months when everyone's not buried under mountains of snow, but here it goes: Everyday, you make the unconscious (or maybe conscious) choice to sit inside an...

Kaffe Matthews' Sonic Bed

Here's an art installation that combines the form of a bed with an subsonic audio immersion experience (think huge laying down on a huge subwoofer and putting it up to "11"). It's hard to tell from vi...

Laptop Hideaway: Because You Don't Really Use Your Desk

We have a dedicated desk. It's a big brown parsons-style table with plenty of room for everything we could need to have nearby when paying bills, writing blogs and anything else it is that we do at ou...

The Mac-O-Lantern: Now in a Throw Pillow

If you missed our post on how to create your own Mac-O-Lantern, you should definitely check it out. Turning an old Mac computer into a Halloween decoration is a cool and creative way to show your geek...

News: Are Your Pants Down As You're Reading this Post?

This news is coming from the UK, but if our ex-boyfriend's habits are any indication, it's still a stateside trend: 10 percent of web browsers have logged on to their laptops during visits to the toil...

The Hi-Can High-Fidelity Canopy Bed

There are no two ways about it. Beds are comfortable. Sometimes, there is nothing more relaxing than lying in bed and watching a movie. Sofas and chairs aren't always as cozy. That's the idea behind t...

Anti-allergy Bed Vacuum

Considering we spend a considerable percentage of our lives lying down in bed, one could assume making your bed as clean and allergen free would help overall health. One of the worst culprits for aggr...

Green Sleep: Eco-Friendly Mattresses

Did you know that your current mattress may have polyurethane and formaldehyde in it. Not only are those harmful materials for the environment, they aren't the best chemicals to be sleeping on. Unless...