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Subject: John Joseph Houghtaling

  • Vibrating Bed Pioneer Dies

    via webshotsThe Magic Fingers vibrating beds were without a doubt the classiest motel beds of the '60s and '70s. Sure, anyone could afford a couple hours at a cheap motel, but only the big ballers could spring the extra few quarters to make their bed vibrate.   John Joseph Houghtaling was the visionary responsible for the massaging bed. While tinkering in his New Jersey (of course) basement in 1958, he invented the device, and eventually moved the business to Miami (o

    June 19, 2009