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  • - In the market for a levitating bed? - Let's talk about that.

  • ♪ (theme music) ♪

  • - Goooood Mythical Morning! - Thank you for making us a part...

  • - ...of your daily routine. - Now, you spend about a third of...

  • ...your life sleeping. So if you live to be the average lifespan, about 70...

  • - ...that's 23 years in dreamland. - Ish. Wow!

  • And it makes sense that people would be -- because we spend so much

  • time there -- thinking about ways to make that experience more interesting and

  • better. So that's what we're gonna be talking about today:...

  • - Cooler. Awesomer. - ...what's happening in the bed world!

  • Now, the creators of the beds that we're gonna share with you today are either

  • geniuses or completely insane. I prefer to think both. We're gonna take you

  • through some of the most ridiculously awesome - question mark...

  • - Hm. All right. - ...beds that we could find in existence.

  • - The first one comes out of China. - Okay.

  • But much like California, there's a constant threat of earthquakes.

  • - Oh. - So Chinese inventor Wang Wenxi got a...

  • ...patent for an earthquake-proof bed in 2010.

  • - Oh. - He's still working on it, but the...

  • ...concept is that there are sensors that detect when the ground is shaking.

  • - I.e. an earthquake. - An earthquake.

  • Not when the bed is shaking, but when the ground is shaking. And then a

  • trapdoor opens and basically swallows up the person sleeping on the bed.

  • - The YouTube channel dahirsem has an animation...

  • - Dahirsem?! - Dahirsem. It has an animation...

  • - ...that shows how this thing works. - ♪ (lullaby music) ♪

  • - Oh, it's a pretty bed. - Shh!

  • - Look at those sheets. - Don't wake him up! Don't wake him up!

  • - Shh! Let's float away slowly. - No, why are we leaving him?

  • - I wanted to see that bed! - Well, you gotta look at...

  • - That's no camera shake. - Ohhh, snap!

  • - That's an earthquake, guys. - Earthquake!

  • - Woop! Sucks him right up. - Whoa, what in the world happened?

  • And then they demolish the whole block! And, of course, now he's in a vault.

  • - Oh, with supplies! Water, food. - With some water and a gas mask.

  • - Fire extinguisher, first aid. - Two first aid kits, in case you...

  • - ...were sharing the bed. - So this is actually a really cool...

  • ...idea. I mean, the sad fact is in the wake of these huge earthquakes

  • they're searching for people. And the chances to find somebody alive are...

  • - ...pretty slim. - But they're gonna just find, like...

  • ...a storage bin. They're not gonna know there's somebody in there.

  • "Ah, look at this. Take this out back. Sell it on Craigslist."

  • Yeah, the only thing scarier than being woken up by a massive

  • earthquake is being sucked into a sarcophagus while you're sleeping.

  • Well, listen. I have some serious concerns about this, because that dude

  • was perfectly positioned on that bed. It seems like, what if he was up...

  • - ...taking a pee break... - Yeah!

  • ...and got halfway to the bed and then the earthquake happened!

  • - It's like, "Oh! It's gonna close!" - What thing's gonna get chopped off?

  • - Oh, yeah. Probably a leg. - (stammering)

  • Seriously, I'm personally very concerned about it, because not only do I

  • ...sometimes sit up and read in the bed -- my head might get chopped off...

  • - (laughing) _ ...but I just generally am a large...

  • ...person. It's like an octopus -- trying to put an octopus in a bucket.

  • - (laughing) - I've got things hanging over...

  • ...different edges of my bed at all times, and it's a California King!

  • It's like putting an octopus in a bucket with another bucket on top...

  • - Yeah. (laughing) - ...is basically what it is.

  • - Sometimes the tentacles some off. - Here's the thing: these are all...

  • ...legitimate concerns, but they have a number of models that they've

  • prototyped that I think will set your mind at ease. So look at these...

  • - ...different options. - Oh, also very pretty.

  • Got some leather on the side. Shh! Don't wake him. Here comes the

  • - earthquake. Bam! - Oh, yeah. What about the...

  • - ...sitting up reading in bed on that one? - Yeah, you don't wanna do that.

  • - Oh, look at this one. Bam! - Okay, dang. You gotta roll...

  • - ...outta that one. - That could cut two heads off...

  • - ...at the same time. You and your wife. - This one can't hurt ya.

  • - Woop! - That looked pretty nice!

  • - Unless you had a... oh, gosh. - Now, that one looks like a storage...

  • The first thing that happens -- and then you look up, and then that cuts...

  • - ...your head off. - (laughing) Could be wrong...

  • ...but I think they might have some safety kinks to work out.

  • They'll work it out. Okay, now for a bed that makes you feel like you're

  • actually finally entering the future: the floating bed. This is actually a

  • pretty simple concept. It is a magnetic bed that essentially has magnets along

  • the bottom of it, and then you put opposing magnets in the --

  • or the same charge magnets -- in the ground.

  • - North on north, man. - And that causes the bed to be...

  • ...levitated. And it's actually an incredible magnetic force so much

  • so that they have to put these little wires to hold it in place. But you could

  • put a car on top of this thing, and for those of you who like to sleep

  • with your car, you are in luck! 'Cause it'll hold it up!

  • - A hover bed. - Yeah, essentially a hover bed.

  • So the problem is -- you're like, "Okay, this is super cool. How come...

  • ...I don't see these everywhere?" Well, there's a little bit of a price barrier.

  • It's 1.5 million dollars. And I also think there might be a couple other little

  • barriers that you're gonna see once we show this video. This guy, Dutch architect

  • Janjaap Ruijssenaars, who I call JR for short. He has a video from a while

  • back where he talks about his philosophy and him introducing this bed.

  • Let's watch JR's video.

  • First of all, no, JR is not a giant. That is a prototype bed.

  • The prototype looks exactly the same as the real one. The only difference is

  • - the size. - Oh, I get it.

  • It's smaller, Link. The prototype is smaller.

  • - That's the difference. - But there is is. You can put your...

  • - ...hand under it. - The strength is good enough to...

  • - ...hold it up and even more. - Why is he so sweaty?

  • - Is he nervous? - ...four thin cables from the corners...

  • I mean, he's not confident in his prototype.

  • Well, I just feel like I don't necessarily trust this guy. He doesn't look like

  • an architect. He looks like a waiter at an Italian restaurant.

  • - You know what I'm saying? - Well, stand on the prototype, man!

  • - I wanna -- Does anything go on it? - And he seems like he would be...

  • - ...a very good waiter. - Oh, yeah.

  • He's the kind of guy -- I would give this guy a tip sight unseen, almost.

  • Oh, yeah. (Italian accent) "Would you like-a de pepper?"

  • Okay, so anyway, I think there are a couple of problems with the price

  • being the main one, but you can get that prototype bed for 146 thousand dollars...

  • - ...Link. How does that sound? - Oh!

  • And you can put your dog on it or your cat on it.

  • - That's an expensive dog bed. - I gotta say: I don't think that this...

  • ...was a hoax, but it hasn't really taken off in the market. He made this video

  • like 7 years ago and there's no place online other than this video and a few

  • pictures where you can see it. So JR, please finish this. We will get it.

  • Lower the price. Make it $150 and we'll be all over it.

  • Hm hm hm hm hm. All right, I've got one that's a little bit cheaper: $55,000

  • - for what they claim to be the... - That's reasonable.

  • ...most technologically advanced bed ever. It's called the Hi-Can bed, A.K.A. the

  • High-Fidelity Canopy. And they claim that it, quote, "decreases stress and anxiety

  • and introduces your home to the ultimate illustration of immediate proximity."

  • I'm always looking for immediate proximity. Or at least illustrations of it.

  • Check this thing out. Basically, you can live inside of this bed.

  • Yeah, look at that. So the shade's going up on this revolutionary bed.

  • - Oh, it does look revolutionary. - And look at that. Listen!

  • - "Your music." What? - Your music. See, you can listen...

  • - ...your music! - Are they missing a "to" in there?

  • - And you can surf the Internet. - Hold on, you can actually SURF...

  • - ...the Internet? - And watch black-and-white movies!

  • Listen, this projector screen comes down at the foot of the bed, and (stammering)

  • it's got a remote control in there. You can play your bed.

  • My grandma had a dresser that the end of her bed with a TV on top of it.

  • I think it did essentially the same this as this.

  • Well, it didn't look as good. This is basically like sleeping inside of...

  • - ...an iMac. - Well, it look like something...

  • - That's gonna go obsolete in six months. - ...they come up with at Apple, like...

  • ...in Steve Jobs's absence. They don't have him there to tell 'em when the bad...

  • - ...idea happens. - Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't poo-poo it...

  • ...yet, Rhett, because the features include a surround sound system...

  • - Ooh, surround sound. - ...fully adjustable mattress, and...

  • - ...integrated reading liiiiiiights! - (laughing)

  • - You can also control... - Are you Oprah now?

  • - (laughing) Yeah! That was a good Oprah. - You're gonna give everybody...

  • - "Everybody gets a free reading light!" - Free reading liiiiiight!

  • Uh, the bed also controls other household items. It can make toast if you have...

  • - ...a Hi-Can toaster, which doesn't exist. - Hi-Can not think of a reason why...

  • ...anyone would want that. (forced laughter)

  • How about this, Link? This is a little bit different.

  • - Ice, ice. - It's not necessarily technological...

  • - Okay. Mhm. - ...but you can't leave it off a list...

  • ...of cool beds. You'll see what I'm talking about in a second: the ice bed!

  • Now, every year in Sweden from December to April, they build this ice hotel...

  • - ...completely out of ice, right? - I've heard of this.

  • You've heard about this. This is the first one ever, ice hotel. They do it all over

  • the place now. Anyway, everything is carved out of ice. All the furniture,

  • including the beds, are made out of ice. And I can't tell ya how many times

  • I've thought to myself, "Man, my bed is too soft and warm."

  • - Yeah. Me neither, man. - So I would like it to be...

  • - ...colder and harder! - Yeah.

  • Well, they've got you covered at the ice hotel. You sleep on this thing. You've got

  • a reindeer mattress. That's not a carcass. That's just like it's reindeer skin.

  • And then they give you this really padded polar sleeping bag that you sleep on.

  • Do you wake up with, like, melted booty dents?

  • - Uh... I don't think so. - 'Cause I'm interested in that.

  • No, there's no booty dents, because you are gonna be separated from it.

  • But the thing is this may sound like, "Okay, I don't understand why you

  • ...would be into this," but you look at the pictures of this place...

  • (Rhett) It looks like that place that Superman goes to talk to holograms...

  • ...of his parents. What is it, it's called the Cave of Loneliness or whatever...

  • - ...he goes to? - Fortress of Solitude.

  • The Fortress of Solitude, or the Cave of Lonliness. Whichever one you prefer.

  • - I think this might be worth it. - It does look like that, but not...

  • - ...in my own home, man. - And if you live in a cold climate, you...

  • ...can build one of these in your own house. But I think the takeaway here is

  • there's not a lot of exciting things happening in the bed world. You should

  • - probably just stick with your own bed... - For now.

  • - ...or maybe get a waterbed. - For now. And install...

  • - ...some reading liiiiights! - Thanks for liking, commenting, and...

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  • Hi. I'm Jason from Glasgow, Scotland. And it's time to spin...

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  • Whoa, actually, available at rhettandlink.com/store.

  • - (laughing) - That's the actual website where the...

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  • Mobile users click the "i." We're gonna talk about a few more amazing beds...

  • - ...that we couldn't get to. - (Rhett) "Unisong about basket weaving."

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  • ♪ (And you know what it is) ♪

  • ♪ (It's that classic college class on basket weaving) ♪

  • ♪ (But it doesn't actually exist) ♪

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  • [Captioned by Kevin: GMM Captioning Team]

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