Sunday, June 21, 2009

Vibrating Bed Inventor Has Died


The inventor of the "Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed," which brought weary travelers 15 minutes of "tingling relaxation and ease" for a quarter in hotel rooms across America during its heyday as a pop culture icon in the 1960s and '70s, has died. He was 92. John Joseph Houghtaling died Wednesday at his home in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Tinkering in the basement of his New Jersey home, Houghtaling invented the "Magic Fingers" machine in 1958.
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