Bed

Furnishing a room can take a lot of time and effort. Austrian architect firm Heri & Salli has eschewed such a laborious approach in favor of using just a single piece of furniture. Its Viennese Guest Bed offers much of the functionality required in a guest room.

The Luna internet-connected mattress cover integrates Wi-Fi, a microphone and an array of sensors to automatically set the bed's temperature, track the quality of your rest, shut down your lights and stereo, and even kick your coffee machine into action when you wake up.

Panasonic has developed the world's first ISO13482-compliant service robot. The Resyone, a robotic bed that transforms into an electric wheelchair, eliminates the dangerous task of lifting bedridden patients into and out of bed.

Karton, a cardboard furniture company offering everything from beds to room dividers, aims to go beyond the novel and make its paper constructions a charming and practical part of your living solution.

At this time of year, those of us living in the northern reaches of the planet once again struggle with a recurring problem – getting into a bed that has cold sheets. People located farther south, meanwhile, are faced with getting too hot in bed. The Bedjet is designed to address both problems.

Being both long and heavy, wheeled hospital beds aren't known for being easy to move around. Using the new SESTO system, however, one person should be able to wrangle a bed without difficulty.

The Cuddle Mattress is a normal mattress divided up into slices that give you somewhere to put your arm when snuggling up to your significant other. This simple idea could help prevent bad backs, dead-arm-in-bed issues ... and arguments between couples.

The MAP System provides a real-time display of the pressure points on a patient's body, to minimize the chances of them developing bedsores. It consists of a pressure-sensing mat that is placed on an existing mattress, and a bedside monitor.

Blowing into the large opening of the Windcatcher valve draws in surrounding air to inflate the Air Pad in just a few breaths.

"Story" by art student Fanny Adam is a sofa, bed, and workstation combined into one compact unit.

The Koala 45 is a giant mix between and a hammock and strap bed.

The UrbanDesk from Graham Phakos is a full-size bed by night but when it's time to start work, the frame can be lifted up against a wall to reveal a spacious desk beneath.