The Power Nap Pod

The fully reclined dentist chair angle ensures the least amount of pressure on your heart, and after around 25 minutes of napping (optimal for power-naps) the device wakes you up with vibrations, more light and more music. The manufacturer, MetroNaps, believe the energy gained from a power-nap is directly related to how you are brought back from the land of nod. The use of a water jet in the face was quickly discarded as “sub-optimal”.

The designer of this snooze-machine was a banker who came up with the idea after finding his colleagues asleep in bathrooms and store cupboards. He knew that there must be a better way of cat-napping on work time and he came up with the Energy Pod. The Japanese originally paved the way for power-napping through the invention of the capsule hotel; however, it simply took too much time to get to the hotel and back, and it eventually found its market in those who had partied too hard and had missed their last train home.

The Energy Pod minimises the down-time with its in-office placement, and with several companies including PriceWaterhouseCoopers installing these directly into their offices, the power-nap will soon be a standard part of city working life. It only costs companies £300 per month for pod privileges, and they are certain they’ll get that back through increased productivity.

Marcus de Guingand from MetroNaps said: “It has been scientifically documented that a short nap during the day boosts alertness, memory, creativity and mood. Sleep-deprived individuals succumb more frequently to illness and are more likely to experience poorer long-term health.” I would also hazard a guess that the alcohol and drugs probably don’t help either…

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The idea of a nap sounds good but I don't think I could handle that pod thingie enclosing my head; I'd have trouble breathing.