30 G for Good Sleep

[AssKissinger]

$30,000 will buy you your own private sleep room.

GoTo Sleep

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A huge TV screen is positioned high above the dresser to meet perfectly with your line of vision, showing verdant scenes of a river ambling through a forest.


Gentle guitar and piano music plays against a backdrop of trickling water and birdsong.


After a few minutes relaxing like that, the sleep machine takes over: the lights slowly dim, the TV screen goes blank, the music dies down — but the stream still babbles — and the bed lowers into sleeping position.


Hold onto the sheets for what comes next: a mechanical massage. The mattress vibrates and bulges strategically under your upper and lower back, stretching your spine to its limits.


Eventually, the lights turn off completely, the massage peters out and air is released from the mattress, allowing your body to settle gently into place — and into the first dream of the night.





The sleep machine eases you out of your dreams as well. The lights come on slowly and the TV turns on with a crystal lake on the screen. The curtains open automatically to morning, and the bed lifts you into sitting position.

At Matsushita, a night of rest isn't cheap. Rieko Saitoh, a company publicist, says the whole system is expected to go on sale in June 2005 — to the tune of $30,000.

[Taro Toporific]

A huge TV screen is positioned high above the dresser to meet perfectly with your line of vision, showing verdant scenes of a river ambling through a forest.
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The snarky friend of FG Forum, Justin also wrote this report....

Made in Japan: a perfect night's sleep
Justin McCurry and AP in Tokyo /Saturday June 12, 2004 / The Guardian
...Nearly a third of Japanese complain they do not get enough sleep, with many blaming the stress of work for their inability to drift off.