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Tech Entrepreneurs Are Sleeping In £550 Pods To Escape San Francisco’s £3,400+ Rental Market Sleeping Pods

Tech Entrepreneurs Are Sleeping In £550 Pods To Escape San Francisco’s £3,400+ Rental Market

San Francisco's staggering rental market, with one-bedroom apartments exceeding £3,400 ($4,200) a month, has led some tech entrepreneurs to embrace a creative and minimalist solution: £550 ($700) sleeping pods. In a city where the cost of living is 70% higher than the national average, these compact accommodations provide a lifeline…
bubmag
November 30, 2024
International Space Station Is About To Get Crowded, And It’s Running Out Of Beds Sleeping Pods

International Space Station Is About To Get Crowded, And It’s Running Out Of Beds

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April 22, 2021
Perry Mason’s Sister Alice Was Inspired By a Real Evangelist Preacher With a Mysterious Story Sleeping Pods

Perry Mason’s Sister Alice Was Inspired By a Real Evangelist Preacher With a Mysterious Story

Like any period drama, it looks like HBO’s Perry Mason is going to need its own Wiki for all the Great Depression-era references stuffed into its story and dialogue. (Please, take me to the time where I can joke about two-dollar haircuts, call something a bucket of eels as an…
bubmag
June 29, 2020
Lie-Flat Economy Airplane Seats Sleeping Pods

Lie-Flat Economy Airplane Seats

Innovative lie-flat airline seat designed for Economy Class travelers on long distance international flights. Zephyr seat provides the comfort of a private individual cabin and allows passengers to lie flat or sit upright with their legs fully extended. Using innovative “stacked” seating configuration, Zephyr seats can be retrofitted into existing commercial Boeing…
bubmag
June 24, 2020