Some time ago I lived on a boat for a while, and always slept incredibly well. I think it was because the of the constant motion, which was very slight but always there.

My friends and I theorised that the action mimiced the feeling you had as a baby being rocked to sleep by your mother (at least in terms of evolutionary memory, if not real personal experience).

So why can't you buy a bed today that will rock you to sleep? It wouldn't take much, just a small motor to get the bed moving once you're in and keep it going.

Maybe it should also play the sound of waves breaking, or whatever natural sound you prefer. 

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Posted by john, on 10-05-2008, 1. 4 jacks and a remote control I totally like this idea. But most people already have a bed and we don't want to force people to add to the landfills. But could we invent a device that we can add to all beds? How about 4 jacks that the bed's legs can stand on? These jacks could be coordinated and controlled via IR or RF. Then one could have a remote control that would make the jacks rock you to sleep. Maybe one could also have the same remote control a CD player or Mp3 player so that one could have noise that corresponded with the movement.    This sounds like a totally doable device. Anyone can do that?    It could also make that "shaking bed" phenomena like one can find in American love hotels. Shake it! LOL    j   » Report this comment to administrator » Reply to this comment... » See all 1 replie(s)