I have a feeling that this ring will be put around (and in, OH MY!) more things than one's finger.

tehdahl

My last tenant was hearing impaired. He used something called a 'shake awake'.

[www.shakeawake.com]

This was about 6 years ago.

lordargent

They already sell a product that does this. It's called the Sonic Boom, [www.amazon.com]

While this does include an incredibly obnoxious siren alarm, can actually come in handy, you can thankfully turn that off. Just stick the puck under your bed and your good to go. It was an awesome gift from my girlfriend who knows that I am no morning person by any stretch of the imagination.

Small warning, I did manage to sleep through an earthquake after becoming slightly desensitized to a vibrating bed.

Cid_X

I sometimes sleep with ear plugs in due to high noise level, and this would be great!

(speaking of... no matter what physical state (or time) I fall asleep with, I naturally get up almost exactly 8 hours later, when wearing earplugs! it is pretty crazy. This would be great for getting up at a specific time, though)

fudged71

lol Yanko Design...

mricyfire

There's a watch with a similar wearable-wake up alarm idea that has been out for a few years.

It monitors your movements around the time you set the alarm for so it wakes you up at an optimal time. Basically when you move, you're not engaged in REM, and waking up out of REM is never fun.

Anyone remember the name of that watch?

funkydude101

Aren't there already devices like this for deaf people? I took American sign language as my 'foreign' language in college, and one day we talked about this, and our teacher said they have special vibrating alarm clocks where the vibrating/hydraulic mechanism is placed in between their mattress & box spring.

ShabazOSU

there's already lots of vibrating alarm clocks, for deaf people. no new idea.

mikeyboy

If this can double as a NuvaRing, yeah, that'd wake a person up.

frigg

Riiiiiight. Good luck waking someone up with a vibrating ring on their finger. Now, if it were an electroshock ring it'd have a much better chance of working.

bluemonq

Where exactly does that ring go? And which roommate, exactly?

Sniperpackage

Gizmodo should probably read the descriptions on Yanko Design more carefully before posting.

tranism

I received an alarm clock as a gift from the Sharper Image that had a vibrating disk that goes under your pillow and vibrates, waking you right up.

I don't use the clock anymore, but I liked it so much that I have the vibrating disk plugged into a custom built clock (With 802.15.4 support, so it links to a mesh of other appliances and gizmos that I've been slowly building up to be smarter) so that my computer can control it a little more intelligently.

Mio

@funkydude101: Yeah it's called the SleepTracker.

russdogg

Why not just use those vibratey/flashy plate things that tell you that your table is ready?

You get up fast enough when THEY go off, don't ya folks?

strider_mt2k

Unless it shook me hard enough to dump me onto the floor from bed, I dont think it would wake me up. And no snooze? Whats that about. I set my alarm 20 mins early for the pure pleasure of rolling back over to catch a few more winks.

Curves

I absolutely don't understand how people don't wake up with their alarms set to that high of a volume... one of my current roomie's alarm wakes me up THROUGH TWO WALLS and yet he sleeps like a baby through it all. I've been looking for a cheap vibrating alarm to end the hell, but no luck thus far.

behavin

my phone does the same thing in manner mode. Just set the alarm.

namabiru

"somebody ought to make and market one right quick"

Apple already has!! It's called the iPhone. Just set an alarm, select vibrate, and jam your iPhone under your pillow. Worked like a charm for me on my recent vacation.

Brau

Now I can wake up with a Happy Beginning

ctunightfall

@Brau: And you also get a free brain tumor!

wenderson

Wireless you say? So how long before we get some nonse complaining that it gives you cancer and starts a study of some ilk?

msremmert

@funkydude101: dude, I hadn't ever heard of such a device but I found it (SleepTracker) and will most likely be buying one. Thanks!

cozbaldwin

I wonder if the strength of the vibrations can be adjusted and what is the power source for the rings?

mattb4rd

I got lucky - somehow me and my roommate would only wake up when our alarm went off - didn't matter how loud the other one was.

Also, isn't it about time? Cell phones have been vibrating alarms for many years now...

ckb123