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 ...

MOSI President and CEO John Graydon Smith said the Bed of Nails isn’t only one of their oldest exhibits, it's still one of their most popular, so they wanted to do something sharp for its 20th year.

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.

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.

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.

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.) ...

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 ...

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 ...