UP AND AT 'EM! Here's a bed that teens pray their parents never see
Finally, a bed for those who just can't drag themselves out of the bed in the morning: the High Voltage Ejector Bed.
As the name suggests, the bed literally throws out the sleeper when the alarm goes off in the morning.
The bed was invented by Colin Furze, who pitches himself as a plumber, stuntman, inventor and filmmaker. He's widely known for his wacky inventions and successful attempts to break world records.
The bed was heavily requested by his audience, he says in the video detailing how he made it -- the second video below. The invention was created in partnership with a coffee company.
He created a metal frame with a hinge, then attached a compressor under the bed (removing the head from the tank and mounting them next to each other so they fit underneath). The compressed air comes out of the tank through pipes that are fit to pistons that, in turn, push the bed up ...
... and unceremoniously dump the sleeper out:
"No snoozing around for 10 minutes," Furze says in the video. "Flip. Up. Bang! You're on the floor." He can adjust the pressure on the bed so that it (relatively) gently slides the sleeper out of bed, or just tosses him out. He demonstrates this in the video and has to move a dresser out of the way so he doesn't land on top of it.
"I was a little anxious as to whether it would be powerful enough, but if you put it on full power it would pummel you against the wall and kill you," he told the Daily Mail.
So he tested it in front of a bouncy castle first, he told the Mail.
"I had to warn the neighbors too, as when it goes off it makes a lot of noise. Living next to me can be a bit chaotic,"he added.
The bed is apparently within reach of the common man, so long as you have some pipes, an air compressor and well, a lot of other little pieces.
As Furze says on his website: "The things I make are made with tools that proper engineers would laugh at, but I'm proof you don't need an expensive lathe and huge welder to create something amazing."
That's our kind of home inventing!
Furze takes most of his inventions to an extreme end, holding several world records. According to his agent, he has held the world record for the world's biggest bonfire, longest motorcycle (it was 72 feet long), fastest mobility scooter (71.59 miles per hour), world's fastest pram (53.46 miles per hour) and world's fastest toilet (53.26 miles per hour). All of Colin's record attempts take place on his birthday, Oct. 14. Furze also has a number of other home inventions that supercharge the everyday living experience:
There is, of course, his fastest toilet, which was built using a motorbike engine.
It really does function (the contraption includes a button on the handlebars so it can be flushed on the go), though it's not functional, per se.
"It is quite scary to drive as the water in the toilet makes it very top heavy and I get wet when I go over any bumps," Furze told UK site Metro. "The toilet seat is also quite slippery so it's hard to stay on and stop myself from sliding off when I go fast. It's also pretty tricky to steer."
At the request of a fan, he also built a toasting knife, which toasts as it cuts, and melts refrigerator-solid butter right onto the toast.
He modified a microwave transformer and rigged it up to a homemade knife. Heat generated by the transformer flows through the cables, to the pipes and passes through the blade, toasting the bread as it cuts.
He built a jettle, which is basically the "louder, faster way" to make a cup of tea.
It's a regular stove-top kettle combined with a small jet engine. (WARNING BEFORE YOU HIT THE PLAY BUTTON: This is indeed the LOUD way to make a cup of tea, and the audio attests to that.)
"Quite safe this is; you can use it in the house," he jokes.
Another jet engine-powered invention: the Turbaque.
A turbo-charged barbecue. What more could you ask?
