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Posted on 03/25/2005 4:11:31 PM PST by Cicero
MIT Builds Alarm Clock That Hides By Nate Mook, BetaNews March 25, 2005, 11:24 AM
MIT Media Lab might have the answer for individuals who just can't get out of bed in the morning. Research associate Gauri Nanda has created an alarm clock, called "Clocky," that drives off a bedside table and hides as soon as the snooze button is pressed. And to ensure its owner awakes, Clocky hides in a different spot each day.
Clocky sports wheels and is enveloped in a shag carpet to prevent damage during its fall. Inside, a processor calculates a new hiding place each morning. All told, Clocky costs about $20 USD to manufacture, its creator says.
"In designing Clocky, I was in part inspired by kittens I've had that would bite my toes every morning. Clocky is less of an annoying device as it is a troublesome pet that you love anyway," explains MIT's Nanda, who admits, "It's also a bit ugly."
Nanda notes that Clocky does not solve all of the problems associated with alarm clocks, such as waking up a person in the next room, but thinks one day it could.
"I think the answer rests in the usage of multiple Clockies," says Nanda. "Let's say there are two people with different sleep schedules sharing a room. Maybe one person's Clocky can tell the other to hush up if it has sounded off one too many times."
Someone has benn wasting there time at MIT
That is just what I need. I LOVE my snooze button way too much
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I think my dog would first fear Clocky and then destroy Clocky.
For some reason, this whole story's just tickled my funny bone. :)
I only have to find it once and it's all over.
I've been depressed all day. I think I'll go get a beer.
yeah, until I hit it with a frigging hammer
Set up two clock radios. One on the nighttable, the other on a window ledge on the far side of the room. Set both to play classical music, loudly. Set the nighttable one to start up 10 minutes before the window ledge one.
Never fails.
Regards, Ivan
....Yep.
Looks like a cool toy for my cats.
"It looks like Clocky is just a bit too cocky"
At that point clocky ceases to be an alarm and becomes the single girls best friend.
Now what do we do with the grouchy husband that usually hits the snooze, but now has to get out of bed to do it???
If I can catch Clocky, I'm going to hit snooze with a sledgehammer.
Isn't this how the Cylons started out? : )
Mr. Clocky? Meet Mr. Shotgun!
The first time it rolls under the bed it's history.....
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