An inventor has created the ultimate Wallace and Gromit device for anyone who struggles to get up in the morning – a high voltage ejector bed.
Colin Furze, one of the experts in Sky 1 show Gadget Geeks, built the bespoke bed in his garage at home in Stamford, Lincolnshire, before filming himself testing it out.
The former plumber was approached by coffee company Taylors of Harrogate to create the video, which Furze admits was one he had been wanting to do for a while.
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Furze made the frame of the bed using strong aluminium, so that it would be stable once powered up and used to fire him into the air.
He attached an air compressor to two pipes with solenoid valves on the end – all of which was assembled safely under the bed.
He then created two large pistons, which were used to lift the bed into the air at different speeds with the flick of a switch.
Speaking to MailOnline, Furze said: 'I ask people to give me ideas for inventions in my videos and lots of people wanted me to make an ejector bed.
'Taylors of Harrogate approached me to make a video and I suggested the idea as it was something I wanted to create myself.'
Furze then got to work assembling the bed from scratch in his garage before eventually testing it out in front of a bouncy castle for safety.
'I was a little anxious as to whether it would be powerful enough, but if you put it on full power it would pummel you against the wall and kill you,' he said.
The inventor then moved his double bed from his room and replaced it with the ejector bed
Furze said: 'I have a very tolerant misses – we were sleeping on the floor in front of the bed for a week while the filming was going on.
'I had to warn the neighbours too as when it goes off it makes a lot of noise – living next to me can be a bit chaotic.'
In the video, Furze can be seen demonstrating the bed and being thrown into the air at various heights.
He plays with the strength to find the perfect propulsion and is even required to move some of his furniture out of the way for safety reasons.
The video concludes with the inventor attaching some shorts to the end of the bed so that he becomes dressed when fired into the air – in real Wallace and Gromit-style.