Tag: ALARM CLOCK

The Web is teeming with the unrealized ideas of both students and established designers who set out to produce astonishing renderings and prototypes for unusual products. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, money, or technology, many of those products never move from the planning stages to the mass market. But that doesn't mean we can't salivate over their creations, nevertheless. The ...

When Apple launched the iPhone OS 3.0 back in June, one of the features that most thrilled us was the one that allowed apps to interact with specially designed accessories, like docks and blood sugar monitors. Sadly, in the months since, very few new devices have taken advantage of the feature -- especially widely available, consumer-oriented devices. That may change now that iHome, claiming to ...

A truly puzzling alarm clock, the Cube Clock (which is available for $24) resembles a mixed-up Rubik's Cube, with an LED screen smack-dab in the middle. When it starts emitting a robotic, electronic alarm, all you have to do is twist the top of the cube to snooze. You can also set the display to show the current temperature (shown), current time, alarm time, or the day's date. Just don't ...

Waking up is never fun (unless it's Christmas and you're four). We like our transition from dreamland to reality to be as relatively brainless and painless as possible, so we're always skeptical of anything that attempts to inject rational thought into the maelstrom that is our morning routine. That said, we support innovation, and we will give this new version of the alarm clock a fair shake. ...

Most hardcore gamers have the essentials when it comes to gamer paraphernalia. By paraphernalia, of course, we mean game-inspired clothing, bedding and accessories. We know that you eat and sleep gaming... But do you wake it? That is exactly what you can do with the retro-looking Invader Alarm Clock. This bug-shaped harbinger of lucidity will allow you to be awakened by a tiny space invader, ...

Alarm clocks are beastly little devices. They rip you out of your peaceful slumber, usually ruining a dream involving a ridiculously hot woman/man playing golf with you and a pod of talking dolphins. We're just not big fans of alarm clocks -- dolphins, of course, are awesome. The Alarm Clock Pillow by Vessel provides a bit of relief from the screeching-hell-banshee alarm clocks you (and your ...

And you thought The Shining cuckoo clock was terrifying -- imagine waking up to this. Designed by French artist Stephane Vigny, the loudspeaker clock does exactly what you'd expect it to. When the time comes, the doors flip open, the bottom woofer extends out and a cacophonic emission of sound is heard as you angrily wake from your slumber. We can't imagine that outstretched woofer surviving too ...

Simple in design, perfect in execution, we bring you Santiago Cantera's Escape Clock. No tiny snooze buttons to fumble with here dozy Joe, just one big key that shuts off the alarm when meeting the business end of a morning beef hammer. Set it on edge and you've switched from alarm clock mode to an in-room stereo. The worst part? It's just a concept... for now. [Via Design Launches] ...

We've seen a lot of novel ways to wake up those of us reluctant to get out of bed in the morning. We've seen alarm clocks that annoy, soothe, and embarrass you to get moving, but we haven't seen anything that could induce the level of panic that would accompany having to defuse a bomb every morning. The DangerBomb Alarm Clock startles you from your slumber with loud explosion sounds and forces ...

We've seen alarm clocks institute some fairly unorthodox methods of waking users up, but this is exceptionally high on the list of "oh, no they didn'ts." Alice Wang's Tyrant, which we can only assume is a concept, actually dials a random number in one's mobile contact list for every three minutes that the sleeper doesn't address the obnoxiously loud ringing. In other words, unless you pick ...

Getting out of bed can be one the most difficult and least pleasant things any person has to do every day. Designers have dreamed up vibrating alarm clocks, deafeningly loud alarm clocks, rolling alarm clocks, even flying alarm clocks to help those of us who have a little trouble getting moving in the early hours. Joel Escalona has put together a concept device, dubbed Seven, that doesn't scare ...