RIINNNNGGGGGG. Ah, frack. Not again. It can’t be 7am already. I can’t get… SNOOZE… up. Repeat. Snooze. Repeat. How many times do you hit the snooze button on your alarm? Too many. With Snooze for iPhone, every time you hit snooze donates money to a non-profit.
My iPhone’s alarm — which blares the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song — wakes up my girlfriend every morning (sorry honey!). Lark is a wristband alarm clock that won’t. In fact, it doesn’t even make a peep — it vibrates your wrist so it’s only you that gets up.
Mac OS X: SecureHome uses your Mac’s built-in microphone to listen to potential intruders and sound an alarm if any noise reaches a user-defined threshold. If an intruder is heard, the app can sound an alarm to try and scare them off and email an alert to your smartphone.
In our bubble-wrapped little lives, the only way we can play with fire and feel true panic is by running our batteries down as low as possible. But doesn’t it suck the next day, when you realise your phone is dead?
I’m torn: On one hand I hate the blatant pandering to the millions of Twitter-users products such as this birdy smoke-alarm obviously involve, yet… it’s a bird-shaped smoke alarm! €50 ($67) to you, you and you. [Design3000 via RandomGoodStuff]
Just admit it. You suck at cooking. Therefore, that annoying little fire alarm over your head has probably saved your life a few times. So an alarm that sends out texts to emergency contacts sounds amazing right?
Ahh, alarm clocks. They are modern-day torture devices designed to interrupt a peaceful slumber. Some make it difficult like Tocky which runs away when it goes off. Others like the classic Mr Bump help you vent your frustration at having to get up so early.
Harking back to the classic Dieter Rams design, Frog’s wooden alarm clock would go perfectly with one of the flip clock apps for the iPhone. And oh, how the iPad looks in that mini-CRT…
When it comes to alarm clocks, there’s definitely no shortage. But one commonality amongst almost all alarms is that they are annoying. The Acoustic Alarm, however, takes a new approach to the wake-up call.
iOS’ stock alarm app isn’t bad, per se, but it sure isn’t the easiest to use. Free app Easy Alarms fixes all the stock alarm app’s annoyances, letting you skip alarms, pick your snooze time and more with just one tap.
