Instead, I lay myself down on an acupressure mat for 15 minutes every day in a bid to find out more about this modern-day take on lying on a bed of nails, which ancient gurus supposedly did as a ...

KUSA - What do you get when you pound 1,490 nails into a board and ask a friend to lay on it? It's another Steve Spangler science experiment about the science of pressure.

There are other mats on offer, too. Bed Of Nails offers a range of products including a mat, an acupressure pillow, £60, and a strap, £30, which can be wrapped around your arm, neck or legs.

With this minimum surface area of 1.1 x 10 -3 m 3 and my estimation of the area for one nail, I can calculate the number of nails required for the bed. (I'm going to use pressure in units of pascals.) ...

Bed of Nails: Students take the pressure of 'little pokies' 'E-Week:' Science demonstration gives 'wow' moment at Mines Katie Aurand, Journal correspondent Feb 19, 2009 0 ...

So, if you weigh one hundred pounds, you can lie on a bed with at least one hundred nails on it and not be hurt. That's because each nail is supporting only one pound-your weight is evenly ...

The Bed of Nails, while intimidating in name, is a safe and fascinating exhibit. Guests lay down and hold a button, triggering 3,600 nails to rise and press into their back, arms, and legs.

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