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Not all that long ago, no one had ever heard of a memory
foam mattress. Today, though, memory foam mattresses are
becoming famous and are products that are looked at with
great interest. Due to their extreme comfort, durability,
and all the of health benefits they may provide, some
say that memory foam mattresses have "revolutionized"
the way we sleep.
Who created the first memory foam mattress, though? What
were the reasons for straying from standard mattresses
of the day? Why go to all the trouble and expense to find
a mattress to give a better night's sleep? The answers
are as follows:
Believe it or not, NASA can be given credit for creating
the very first memory foam mattress. NASA's Ames
Research Center focused the research to create a "memory
foam" in the early 1970s. They wanted a material
that astronauts could sleep on comfortably, that conformed
to their bodies, and actually sensed body temperature
to provide the precise amount of support or give that
their body needed.
This research led to the creation of a foam material -
Visco elastic. It is a material that can conform to a
body's shape, giving the full body support necessary
for a full night of comfortable sleep. Although known
as "memory foam", it does not technically
remember a person's shape and size. It does, however,
conform to any body lying on it by evacuating air from
each of the memory foam cells which make up the mattress.
Although NASA created memory foam and the first memory
foam mattress, many manufacturers are now producing these
types of mattresses for the general public. Each year,
memory foam mattresses are gaining popularity with consumers
across the globe. To find out about several different
memory foam mattresses, visit www.mattressnextday.co.uk
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