While this is a really cute idea, beds are not something to joke about, and I'd really like to see some good evidence that long-term sleeping on this bed doesn't do any damage.<p>I usually dislike people how just insult other people's ideas, but in this case there is a genuine chance of people causing themselves serious damage. Does anyone know of any evidence of this actually helping people sleep better?<p>If a few years down the line this has revolutionised people's sleeping, I'll be all for one. If instead people have trapped nerves by sinking slightly into gaps, then I'll be glad I let someone else test it first!
Have you looked into whether it is dangerous to have a newborn infant sleeping on this matress?<p>A cot/bed with a poor fitting mattress can cause death by the infant rolling into a gap/crevice and suffocating. (Infants don't have the strength to lift their head or crawl out.) For various reasons, it is also relatively common for parents to sleep with the baby in their bed (despite the risk of crushing). This mattress has crevices all over it, so would seem to present a severe risk of suffocation to infants.<p>---<p>edit: crevasse -> crevice
I wonder why they don't have a single sized one. Because where cuddling is optional on a double bed, it pretty much is the only way to share a single bed.<p>Also interesting to consider is that it won't fit all types of beds. As with a lattice bottom bed, slices could fall through, and with a box-spring bed the slices at the top and bottom of the mattress could simply slip over the edge.
Seems like it solves the cuddling problems but creates a whole new how-to-have-sex problem, I can imagine a bunch of positions would be made rather awkward by this mattress.
I like how there's a new Kickstarter ripoff explicitly for projects that have no prototype and whose "founders" have no industry experience. Makes it easier to get in the right mindset for maximum enjoyment before clicking.<p>Their price comparison chart also seems extremely misleading: I have a natural latex mattress and it was not $4000. It was $700.
Great idea. Some thoughts:<p>- like xkcd suggests, the only really important slit is for the arms.<p>- couldn't this be simulated by taking a regular mattress and simply cutting a slit in the right place?<p>- has anyone tried doing that?
Interesting idea, but the name maybe should be nudged in a different direction. When I saw the title, I expected this to be the next evolution of those creepy Japanese full body printed cushions: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_pillow" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_pillow</a>
Those looking to make less of a commitment to cuddling might consider the Cuddle Pillow:<p><a href="http://www.armadillow.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.armadillow.com/</a>
There are a lot of potential pitfalls with this, the first one I can think of being having sex. I wouldn't want to have slits in the mattress that my arms or legs could get caught in when having sex.
Thought I seen that somewhere.. Googling it [1] shows results as far back as 2008. So unless he is the inventor himself, he is just blatantly lying when he states "... the solution I came up with is the Cuddle Mattress."<p><a href="https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=cuddle+mattress" rel="nofollow">https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=cuddle+mattress</a>
I've seen this idea before, and it does look like it would solve the problem nicely.<p>Hard to lug around a mattress when you're moving house (if you're renting), though.
Very annoyed. I had this exact idea about 18 months ago, but didn't do anything with it. Just goes to show that success is really about hard work and commitment rather than just a great idea. Kudos to you. I hope it changes the world.
This guy came up with a similar idea 2 years ago.<p><a href="http://txchnologist.com/post/33432483866/txchnical-improvements-changing-the-shape-of-sleep" rel="nofollow">http://txchnologist.com/post/33432483866/txchnical-improveme...</a>