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All for sleep

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FLOATING BED: Sleek and black.

A young Dutch architect has created a floating bed, which hovers above the ground through magnetic force and comes with a price tag of 1.2 million euros ($1.54 million). Janjaap Ruijssenaars took six years to develop the bed, which looks like a sleek black platform, and can double as a dining table. "No matter where you live all architecture is dictated by gravity. I wondered whether you could make an object, a building or a piece of furniture where this is not the case - where another power actually dictates the image," says Ruijssenaars. Magnets built into the floor and into the bed itself repel each other, pushing the bed up into the air. Thin steel cables tether the bed in place. "It is not comfortable at the moment," admits Ruijssenaars, adding it needs cushions before use.

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