Clever Clock Stops You Sleeping Late

RewiredRewired Member
edited April 2005 in Science & Tech
Research associate Gauri Nanda's two-wheeled "Clocky" automatically rolls off the bedside table when the alarm goes off and the snooze button is pressed.

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It travels around the room and its carpet-covered surface bumps into objects that come into its path, until it finds a resting place.

"Minutes later, when the alarm sounds again, the sleeper must get up out of bed and search for Clocky," says the 25-year-old scientist.

"This ensures that the person is fully awake before turning it off."

An internal processor helps it find a new hiding spot every day.
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I don’t think I could get use to hunting the little bugger every morning. I’d rather spend the energy on procrastinating.

Source: CNN

Comments

  • Private_SnoballPrivate_Snoball Dover AFB, DE, USA
    edited April 2005
    OMG, I want one so bad. If not for the alarm, just for the fact that I'll have an alarm that rolls around. ;D
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    That has got to be the weirdest thing I've seen in a while. It looks like a guinea pig with wheels sitting there.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    Oh, I'd go hunting for clocky, alright. I think that little punk would end up getting stabbed or smashed when I found it. I don't have too much of a sense of humor in the morning :D
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited April 2005
    Send the wife to fetch it....
  • shorty81shorty81
    edited April 2005
    i don't get snooze alarms in the first place. i don't need an alarm gettin me up a half hour early. i agree this would be a search and destroy mission on day one!
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited April 2005
    I don't do snooze alarms either. I'm up on the first alarm, it's the only way to go.
  • camtin
    edited April 2005
    In the morning, I’m destructive.

    Lock ‘n load fellas.
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    College has made my understanding of the snooze button that much more profound.
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited April 2005
    I haven't used the alarm on my bedside clock in years. Over the years, I've noticed that every time I did use the alarm, I automatically woke up 5-15 minutes before it went off. So I tried just telling myself what time I want to wake up, now I'm usually within 5-10 minutes of that time.

    I've been getting up at 5:30 am to go to the gym before work for 3 years now. I can count the times I've overslept on one hand. On occasions I have changed my mind about going to the gym, I still woke up around 5:30, then decided the gym wasn't going to happen that day, and slept for a little longer, still without using an alarm.
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited April 2005
    i wish i could do that...
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited April 2005
    I have 2 of those one is 3 and the other is 1year old. 6:30 am like clockwork they go off and rome the room till I get up. every 5 minutes they take turns slapping my bald head till I get up..
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    Do you have to find them after that, or do they usually hide in the same spot? ;D
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited April 2005
    Depends on how red my head is. ;0)
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited April 2005
    It took me half an hour to get out of bed this morning... I almost missed the bus. :o
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited April 2005
    OMFG! Why didn't I ever think of this?!
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited April 2005
    You can call me Cosmo Kramer, but one that actually works...
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