NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- A New York art student's project allows viewers to get into bed with a simulated woman.

Drew Burrows told the New York Post that "In Bed" is a comment on loneliness. The project involved a mattress along with a computer and projector to provide the woman.

"It's really G-rated," Burrows said.

"It's based on the idea that you're coming home to an empty bed or coming home to someone sleeping in bed who is either excited or not so excited about joining you. It works on all those different levels. "The aim is to touch on those feelings of loneliness and intimacy."

Burrows is a graduate student at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. "In Bed" was on exhibit last week during the two-day Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show.

Natsuki Arai, a professional dancer and friend of the artist, was the model for the sleeping brunette.

Sex al fresco ends badly for couple

LOWER SWATARA, Pa., May 21 (UPI) -- A pilot and flight attendant who went into the woods for a romantic encounter near a Pennsylvania airport ended up in court after they got separated.

The episode apparently started with Jeffrey Bradford and Adrianna Connor eating dinner at a diner Sunday night near Harrisburg International Airport. At about 9 p.m., however, Robert Furlong, the Lower Swatara fire chief, allegedly found Connor in his sports utility vehicle. She told him she was looking for a flashlight to find Bradford, the Harrisburg Patriot-News reported.

A state police helicopter equipped with heat-sensitive gear searched for Bradford. But he was only found after midnight when he emerged from the woods naked and asked a woman for a pair of shorts.

Bradford and Connor appeared in court Monday morning on charges that included public drunkenness, loitering and prowling at night. Bradford was charged with indecent exposure and Connor with theft from a motor vehicle.

Both have been suspended from their jobs with Pinnacle Airlines. (NASDAQ:PNCL)

Biffy seeks to replace toilet paper

BOULDER CITY, Nev., May 20 (UPI) -- A Nevada company has created the Biffy, a personal cleaning product aimed at decreasing toilet paper consumption.

Warren Smith, who invented the contraption and founded the American Biffy Co., said his product is designed to clean backsides more efficiently than toilet paper or standalone bidets.

"Using toilet paper to clean our bottoms is like trying to clean dishes with a paper towel," Smith said. "Our product provides a practical and more natural way to be clean, while reducing an average family's toilet paper consumption by up to 75 percent."

The Biffy mechanism hides under the toilet seat and sprays and antibacterial concoction from a nozzle that is placed to suit the user's preference.

"The water needed to operate a Biffy is nominal compared to the amount of toilet paper that is saved," Smith said. "When you look at the best option for the environment, there really is no comparison."

Knife skills give man breath of fresh air

OMAHA, May 20 (UPI) -- A knife to the throat was a good thing for an Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself, a move his doctor says wasn't such a bad idea.

Steve Wilder, 55, performed the do-it-yourself operation after he awoke unable to breathe, ABC News reported Tuesday. Wilder, concerned about whether the rescue squad would reach him in time, raced to his kitchen, found a steak knife, then made a slit through his throat so air could pass through his windpipe unobstructed.

It's not like the 55-year-old truck driver hadn't done the procedure before. He did the same thing in 2006 when he thought he couldn't breathe.

"I did what I did the first time. I took a knife and opened it up," Wilder told ABC. "I did it to save my life."

The problem began after Wilder underwent radiation treatment for throat cancer four years ago.

His doctor, Paul Sherrerd, has placed a permanent tube in Wilder's throat to help him breathe when needed.

"As crazy as it sounds," Sherrerd said of Wilder's emergency operation, "it probably wasn't the craziest thing to do."