mattress

Sleep soundly with this amazing mattress idea adapted from a convenience store hot dog heat lamp rotisserie thing!

Aug 26, 2024

Design, Furniture, UI / UX

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Background: Convenience stores occasionally sell hot dogs from a heated glass enclosure with a conveyor belt-like mechanism inside that rotates the hot dogs and moves them closer/farther from a heat lamp (Fig 1). The Issue: Unrelatedly, people often find it hard to get to a comfortable temperature when sleeping at night: it often feels like sleeping…
With this new “dynamically uncomfortable” mattress technology, you’ll WANT to get out of bed in the morning! Become more productive and never have trouble waking up on time!

Mar 22, 2020

Design, Household, UI / UX

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The issue: Sometimes, it’s hard to get out of a comfy bed and face the cruel and merciless world. Proposal: We can solve this problem by making a bed that becomes progressively less comfortable as the desired wakeup time arrives. Certain mattresses already have the ability to dynamically adjust their firmness (for example, the “Sleep…