Sure, you could opt to be woken with simple buzzing, but Smarter Alarm aims to make you smarter by informing you of the world around you as you wake. More »
Imagine waking up with a bomb beside your bed. You have 10-seconds to cut one of four wires if you want to stop the countdown timer. This sounds like a nightmare, but it’s not. It’s just the defusable clock. More »
Uh, if your iPhone alarm failed to wake you up this morning it wasn’t because you got too wild last night. No, it’s actually your iPhone’s fault. Apparently, one time alarms just aren’t working for the iPhone in this new year. Seriously. I repeat: Alarms set for one time use WILL NOT go off as planned. The current workaround is to set the alarm as repeating. Here’s how: More »
I adore this concept design. It’s basically an alarm clock which flings a ball at your face before going off. In order to make the noise stop, you have to find the ball and put it back where it belongs. More »
Philips is hoping to make waking up a more pleasant experience with their new HF3490 Wake-up Light. The device comes with 20 brightness settings that gradually increase in intensity to ease users in to the waking world. More »
Dance, dance to much booty in the, um, wrists? Your fingers have to dance like they’ve never danced before to shut off the alarm. Hope you don’t suck at Tap Tap Revenge. $US16. [Thumbsupuk via OhGizmo via Engadget] More »
This is the iLuv iMM153 Desktop Dual Alarm Clock for iPod, which has a bed shaker that is supposed to wake you up better than any alarm. Obviously, these guys haven’t tried this with me yet. More »