I’m the designer and creator of Somnus-Neu – I can say without a hint of a doubt the concept was not “plucked” from Cipher or anywhere else. For 15 years I designed large scale video,lighting and staging and lived in hotel rooms – so the concept was born out of an already existing knowledge of how to bring together various technologies and implement them in such a way that there is a harmonious union, that’s one part of the concept, the second part is recognizing a gaping hole in the “guest-experience” within the hospitality sector, this too was based on first hand knowledge, and the third part – looking at the logical progression of convergent technology and design.

I’m sorry that you find the idea un-original or imitated, which for the latter I can say 100% it isn’t and for the former, well that’s in the eye of the beholder. Apparently in yours it is, but this is not something I can or need to change.

I would suggest never staying in a hotel where Somnus-Neu is the bed, nor ever considering buying one for your house – that way you’ll be sure to remain as pure and original as you like.
Grier

Just because somebody thought of it in a movie does not lessen the value of improvements in our real life experiences.

This bed is cool. I want one in my home.

Maybe I don’t understand your objection to this as being “unoriginal.” What other network of beds can automatically warn you of flight delays?

If your point is that real life items often flow from fictional works then I would completely agree. That makes sense, no? The whole process of creativity is one where inspiration turns into an idea turns into a plan turns into reality. People’s ability to dream up a concept be definition comes before (and often well before) the ability to implement it. Would you complain that it was unoriginal and unimaginative when man walked on the moon because it was previously done in movies?

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