Too lazy to make your own bed? Create one that makes itself

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

GENEVA (AFP) — Italian engineer Enrico Berruti admits that it was simply his personal laziness that first prompted him to come up with an idea of a bed that makes itself.

Three years of mulling later, his first prototype is on show at the five-day International Exhibition of Inventions which started Wednesday in Geneva.

The bed includes a contraption at the sides with tubes on which one wraps the sides of the duvet linen. A button will then activate the tubes to smooth over duvet linen, while straps at the side will tighten the sheet itself.

"To be honest, I am a little bit lazy so I thought of something to do the job (of making a bed) for me," he said, adding that the application could be practical for people with back problems who may not be able to bend....