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Architect designs a space-age sleeping space for Netflix-lovers


The ULTIMATE TV addict’s bed: Architect designs a space-age sleeping space for Netflix-lovers with a 4K projector, 70-inch screen and its own app

  • Bed was created by Italian architect and designer Fabio Vinella for furniture brand Hi-Interiors
  • Has its own app which operates the built-in 4K projector, a retractable 70-inch screen and speakers
  • The bed is also designed to analyse and keeps track of the user’s sleeping patterns and body weight 
  • Built-in ambient lighting can also be used as a night light, reading light, or alarm in the morning

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An architect has designed a cutting-edge bed which is equipped with a 4K projector, a 70-inch screen and a custom-built app to allow owners to binge watch TV without having to get up. 

Created by Fabio Vinella for Italian furniture brand Hi-Interiors and dubbed the HiBed it is designed with entertainment at the core and hopes to offer a high-tech option for the humble bed. 

The frame has its own app which operates the rig and is also fitted with surround sound speakers. 

Although an official price hasn’t been announced, a similar version was priced around £33,000.  

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Hi-tech: Dubbed the HiBed, the cutting-edge frame has its own app which operates the built-in 4K projector, a retractable 70-inch screen and speakers for maximum entertainment value

Hi-tech: Dubbed the HiBed, the cutting-edge frame has its own app which operates the built-in 4K projector, a retractable 70-inch screen and speakers for maximum entertainment value

Binge-watch: The frame has its own app which operates the built-in 4K projector, a retractable 70-inch screen and speakers

Binge-watch: The frame has its own app which operates the built-in 4K projector, a retractable 70-inch screen and speakers 

Stylish, but pricey: Although an official price hasn't been announced, a similar version of the bed was priced around £33,000

Stylish, but pricey: Although an official price hasn’t been announced, a similar version of the bed was priced around £33,000

To justify this, the bed also analyses and keeps track of the user’s sleeping patterns and body weight, in addition to monitoring the room temperature, air quality and noise level. 

In addition, its built-in ambient lighting can also be used as a night light, reading light, or alarm in the morning, along with a smart alarm that plays daily weather and news notifications. 

It can also provide some degree of practical health benefits, according to Gianni Tallarico, co-founder of Hi-Interiors.   

‘You can monitor your breathing and the states of [sleep] apnea, [then] share them with your doctor,’ he says.  

While you were sleeping: The bed also analyses and keeps track of the user's sleeping patterns and body weight, in addition to monitoring the room temperature, air quality and noise level

While you were sleeping: The bed also analyses and keeps track of the user’s sleeping patterns and body weight, in addition to monitoring the room temperature, air quality and noise level

Add-ons: The built-in ambient lighting can also be used as a night light, reading light, or alarm in the morning, along with a smart alarm that plays daily weather and news notifications

Add-ons: The built-in ambient lighting can also be used as a night light, reading light, or alarm in the morning, along with a smart alarm that plays daily weather and news notifications

WHAT CAN IT DO?

Paired with an app, it tracks rest cycles, body weight and instances of sleep apnea.  

Also monitors the physical environment, such as air quality and temperature.

Provides users with hidden speakers, Wi-Fi and an HD projection TV.

Mercifully, it also allows you to sleep. 

Earlier this year, car manufacturer Ford invented a prototype bed that automatically rolls selfish sleepers back to their side of the mattress whenever they stray onto the other half.

The car maker has adapted the lane-centring assist technology used to ensure drivers remain in the middle of their lane into a concept dubbed the Lane-Keeping Bed, in a bid to help sleep-deprived partners pushed to the edge of the bed at night.

Pressure sensors detect when a person moves from one side of the bed to the other, and gently rolls them back to their side with the help of an integrated conveyor belt.

The HiBed is currently available for pre-order only, but will go into production later this year. 

Similar vision? Earlier this year, car manufacturer Ford invented a prototype bed that automatically rolls selfish sleepers back to their side of the mattress whenever they stray onto the other half

 Similar vision? Earlier this year, car manufacturer Ford invented a prototype bed that automatically rolls selfish sleepers back to their side of the mattress whenever they stray onto the other half





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