Now you, too, can sleep like a villain in a sci-fi movie.

The average college student doesn't sleep nearly enough, as reports show the studying masses rest to a tune of 6-to-6.9 hours a night, which single-handedly explains the magical allure of Monster energy drinks. Remember, just because it looks and tastes like antifreeze doesn't mean it's a bottle of Prestone.

The school you attend also likely plays a factor into your sleep cycles. Take the University of Miami. According to the website Niche, The U ranks amongst the nation's highest for attractive male students, female students, and party culture. That's subtly saying that no one has been asleep for more than 15 minutes at the University of Miami since 1980.

Miami's club culture, beaches, and penchant for rock-hard abs and honey-kissed skin means The U's student body is dragging, which explains how $9,000 sleep pods now exist on its campus. Do they look like something from a bad 1960's Japanese sci-fi movie? Why, yes! Yes they do:

Claustrophobia included at no extra charge.

A New York company called MetroNaps developed the pods, which wrap the user behind a visor and treats them to an aural experience of ambient noise for 20 minutes, allowing one to fall into a brief nap before cajoling them awake through subtle noises. Subtle noises like the club beats thumping from down the street, I assume.

The University of Miami has placed the pods--along with a massage chair, too, for pod-phobic people apparently--on campus for students to use free of charge. Nightmares not included.




Photo: MetroNaps