Weird Tokyo-based startup Kuchofuku [JP] and major trading company Itochu have developed a mattress of a very special kind: Just in time for the summer, the proud owners can switch on a built-in “air conditioning system” in order to cool off their bodies.
The fan is located at the foot of the mattress. When it’s switched on, air is being pulled in from behind the sleeper’s head and transported to the feet, drawing off that nasty body heat.
It’s quite cheap, too. According to the makers, operating the mattress for eight hours results in about 13 cents in monthly electricity costs, which is way less than using an air conditioner that cools an entire room. The best part is that the mattress can be used in winter as well, as buyers get a heater with the mattress.
Running eight hours a day, the system will generate only about 13 yen in — much cheaper than using an air conditioner to cool an entire bedroom. The mattress goes on sale in May in Japan in May and costs $300.
The Japan Trend Shop (a reliable English online store for stuff from Japan) is actually selling Kuchofuku beds already, like here. So if you live outside Japan and want to stop sweating, you now know who you can contact.
There is no bigger picture yet of this new mattress apart from the one above. The other pictures show an older model, but the mattresses basically look the same from the outside.
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My husband would LOVE this bed. What a great idea!
Get me an Air Conditioned Pillow and we’re in business!
i am an Indian. how i can get this bed. i would like to see demonstration & then if i like it, can purchase also. is it available in nearer location to my place as under:
City-Bhavnagar,
State- Gujarat, India.
i would like to know availability of tis product as nearest possible place.
indian stinks… just sleep on a quick sand bed..
I would be very interested in being a distributor for your company i am based in england and my contact number is 07794844825 or 07886620616
This is Walter from Satellite town.Please lets stay in touch.This is my email walterenang@gmail.com
Would the unit be able to withstand heavy flatulance? Is there a posibility of a spark from the motor and igniting the methain gas from within the bed? I would not be able to sleep well with flames around me at night. Also fire gives me asthma.
Thank you for your time.
Slarty.
Is it any good for screwing farm animals on?
HOW DO I GET MORE INFO ON THIS BED? IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
PLEASE NOTIFY.
I think it was a great idea particularly for hot countries like Pakistan its surroundings and the Gulf. How about introducing this in Pakistan market through my company. I can send the details of my company when required.
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