# The "Quantum Sleeper" - How stupid is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132 "2004-08-29T22:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/21 "2004-08-30T03:31:24Z")
I wonder if they have an aftermarket Orgone Chamber add-on. Of course, one runs the risk of “in bed no one can hear you scream.” ---
**Author:** ![whatsittoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@whatsittoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatsittoya)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/22 "2004-08-30T05:08:27Z")
> [@Laughing Lagomorph](#): > > And you’d be peeing/pooping…where? Thats [Built in](http://www.qsleeper.com/quantum.html) too. > [@](#): > > Toiletry system You could just live in this thing. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/23 "2004-08-30T05:18:30Z")
Dude, ROBOTIC ARMS! If only it had wheels, or a clear visor to communicate to the outside world. I didn’t see anything about an emergency escape latch though. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/24 "2004-08-30T06:11:35Z")
Pft. That thing has nothing on my _Cellular Regeneration and Entertainment Chamber[sup]®[/sup]_. Accept no imitations! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/25 "2004-08-30T07:03:06Z")
Well…it’s a good invention for modern _Vampires,_ who want to move past old-fashioned coffins. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/26 "2004-08-30T07:21:16Z")
I see it has a microphone on the outside with an amplifier so in the event of a biological/nuclear attack you can hear the screams of your loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/27 "2004-08-30T07:45:39Z")
Doesn’t anyone else miss the good old days, when lunatics just used to sleep in hyperbaric oxygen chambers to live to be 150? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/28 "2004-08-30T10:32:06Z")
Take away the bulletproof qualities and the frills, and you have an economy-sized hotel room! Mass produce them and make a stackable model; one could turn them into homeless shelters or refugee housing. Just replace the wooden outer housing with plastic. Rent them out at campgrounds and park sites. (I remember reading that the Japanese are trying out just such a system.) If anyone profits from these ideas, you owe me a dollar! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/29 "2004-08-30T15:07:33Z")
I don’t quite buy it, but it’s damn funny. > [@](#): > > The plating will be colored to order specifications and will not be “see through” **(although that is an option).** [my emphasis] We cater for the tin-foil auto-asphyxiation voyeur in your life. Turn on the scrubbers! Be watched in your heroic low-oxygen bonkfest for ultimate survivalist triumph! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/30 "2004-08-30T15:31:13Z")
Will they make a model big enough for Michael Jackson’s slumber parties? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/31 "2004-08-30T15:34:50Z")
If you’re on a budget, you could get the QuantumLite sleeper: From [http://www.qsleeper.com/qlite.html](http://www.qsleeper.com/qlite.html) > [@](#): > > These units would be priced at about one eighth to one half of the cost of the Quantum Sleeper ( **The average cost of the Quantum Sleeper is estimated at about $160,000.00** ) depending on what features is selected. Thes Lite Sleeper units would have limited purposes and capabilities compared to the fully armored and equipped Quantum Sleeper. The features will still include many of the aspects of the Quantum Sleeper and provide a level of security and privacy during normal sleep periods. The bolding was done by me. $160,000!?! DAMN! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/32 "2004-08-30T15:40:25Z")
From the same page: > [@](#): > > Family units (Quantum Lite Sleepers tailored for families with two or more units electronically linked together) that will be equipped so that a parent or guardian can remotely operate the children’s units from their sleeper and be able to view and talk with them from the safety of the their unit. _How many times have I told you? **NEVER** turn on your comlink while Mommy and Daddy are having rough sex!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/33 "2004-08-30T15:51:45Z")
Of course, this leads to a new twist on a recent suspense thriller… [melodramatic trailer voice over] They weren’t safe. -sound of breaking glass- They were terrified. -sounds of female whimpering with a loud scream- They were prepared. -sounds of pneumatics discharging air- **Jodie Foster** and **Ellen DeGeneres** star in _The Panic Bed_. DeGeneres voiceover: Did you remember the dental dams? A Touchstone Production. This film not yet rated but soon will be protested bringing us the largest grosses for a movie since Princess Leia showed gratuitous nippleage in that slave costume. [/melodramatic trailer voice over] ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/34 "2004-08-30T19:14:34Z")
The ultimate answer for people who, as kids, wanted to take the mattresses off the bunk beds and build a fort. ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/35 "2004-08-30T19:56:32Z")
This whole concept is not that stupid.But my idea is just to build very strong steel frame around the bed.In Earthqake prone California it might be usefull.I hate to die in my sleep or being crushed by debris. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/36 "2004-08-30T21:27:58Z")
> [@nonpolar](#): > > This whole concept is not that stupid.But my idea is just to build very strong steel frame around the bed.In Earthqake prone California it might be usefull.I hate to die in my sleep or being crushed by debris. You’d rather be stuck under tons of rubble? OK, they’d get you out eventually, but I hope for your sake that your DVD player survives the fall. What I would worry about are criminals just loading the bed on the back of a truck and taking it with them to figure out how to open. That tear gas sprayer won’t work all day… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/37 "2004-08-30T22:07:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Quantum Sleepers can also be fitted to provide protection from destructive forces of nature such as tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes and floods. …provided none of these phenomena shut off the power, I guess: > [@](#): > > Unit must have access to house outlet jack (110V) to supply power to the Quantum Sleeper Unit ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/38 "2004-08-30T22:12:42Z")
What? No gun rack? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/39 "2004-08-30T22:37:19Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > $160,000!?! > > DAMN! For that kind of money, I’ll find security in [this type of box](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//pictures/VEHICLE/2002/Ferrari/100074538/003543-E.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quantum-sleeper-how-stupid-is-this/262132/40 "2004-08-30T22:41:20Z")
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