June 29, 2009 @ 11:28 am
This awesome alarm clock was one of the entries in 102.1 Edge’s World’s Biggest contest back in 2007. The alarm clock doesn’t really use any sound or loud noises, but instead it makes use of a large mounted air cylinder at the head of the bed and a valve controlled by a computer to literally shake somebody out of bed. [via]
Here’s one more video of the bed at the 102.1 Edge studios. I wonder what the chance of whiplash is…
November 17, 2008 @ 11:33 am
Jack sent me a link to this Moshi IVR (Interactive Voice Response) Alarm Clock that sets itself on voice activated functions. After saying “Hello Moshi” aloud, the alarm clock allows you to set basic clock and alarm clock settings using nothing but your voice. From the demonstration, it seems to work pretty well, but then again, the demonstration is taking place in a completely quiet room, so who knows how well this will work in a louder setting.
But seriously, I feel like this would shave off a couple of minutes from every day, allowing me more seconds to enjoy the things I really love…like not setting my alarm clock.
Also, imagine the ease of sabatoge that this voice-activated alarm clock allows for. You know, walking into a room and not having to worry about how to figure out the settings on the alarm clock. Just speak the change in alarm time and have your mortal enemy miss an important meeting! HA HA HA! DELICIOUS!
October 24, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
I’ve had the opportunity to test several different alarm clock applications for my computer this week and by the far the best one out of the bunch is Aurora from Metaquark.
Aurora uses the music in your iTunes library as the alarm clock sound, but that’s not why it’s so great. What makes this app truly great is the number of features it includes such as fade-in/fade-out functionality, a fall asleep mode, options to wake/sleep/turn off/log out when an alarm goes on, and the ability to run other applications during an alarm. In short, Aurora has all the best features of many good individual alarm clock apps all rolled into one.
But perhaps the one option that I haven’t seen in any other alarm clock app for the Mac is the option to put the computer to sleep after a DVD has finished playing. This is especially good when I just want to fall asleep to a snowboarding video or a music DVD.
I highly recommend this app.
