On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:18:25 -0400, Jeffrey Schwartz - schwartz.jeffrey at
gmail.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote to Freelance
Traveller:

>TL 12+ Smartbed
>
>This is intended for luxury staterooms, or use planet side in really
>upscale homes or hotels.

What do you propose as the cost? If it's low enough, I could actually see
this as useful in 'economy' cabins, much like sleeping compartments in
trains, where the bed is 'put up' or otherwise converted into a day couch
when not actually made up for sleeping at night.

>The ‘bed’ is a 2.5m x 2.5 (or larger, in some cases) array of 1 mm across
>hexagonal rods. Each rod is made of electroactive polymer and can retract
>to be as short as 1 cm or as long as 1m. At the top end of the rod is a
>Peltier junction which allows that spot to be heated or cooled.

1.5m x 2.5m could be a convenient size for a 'single' stateroom/cabin, even
to 1m for the bed plus 0.5m for a 'nightstand'. Alternatively, 1m-1.5m x
3m, and the 'nightstand' can be more like a shelf 'behind' the headboard.

Additionally, this offers the possibility of not being the full 0.75m high,
but being set on a 0.3-0.5m under-bed storage module.

Perhaps the lower-price versions lack some of the nicer touches you've
described here such as the AI control (instead having a few standard
presets), temperature control, or mobility assist.

Please write this up more extensively and send it to me for In A Store Near
You.

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