The World's Most Devious Alarm Clock

wired_parrot writes "If you have trouble waking up, try this: MIT media lab has created an alarm clock that, when you press the snooze bar, runs off into a corner, a different hiding place every day. Try hitting the snooze bar again now!"

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I already have a good solution

[WormholeFiend]

Programmable automatic coffee maker.

The smell of fresh brewed coffee makes me want to get out of bed to get my fix.

Glad to see..

[Targen]

Glad to see MIT researchers are dedicating their sharp minds to something like this. :P

Seriously, though, this could really come in handy after a coding marathon on the night before a midterm. Hell, it's probably the reason these guys even considered making something like this...

Re:My universal snooze button:

[soupdevil]

Thank you for the most insightful sig I have seen here all week.

Re:Fantastic

[scheme]

Maybe if the clock rolled its way onto my bed and started harassing me that might do the trick, but I'm far enough from being a morning person that having the alarm going off won't stop me from snoozing, no matter where it is or how long it keeps going.

You don't want a clock, you want a pet cat or dog. They can get very insistent when it's feeding time.

Re:Another solution

[hillg3]

Except you wouldn't have to get out of bed to key in the code. Once you're already out of bed, chances are you're not going to get back in. I'll happily key in a code and fall back asleep.

Here's an idea:

[imstanny]

...this problem reminds me of "America spending millions of dollars to make a pen write in space, while USSR used a pencil." ......Solution:: Put your alarm clock on the other side of your room.

Re:Here's an idea:

[JohnFluxx]

It bugs me no end when people talk about the whole space pen/pencil thing. Is it really that hard to deduce by yourself that having bits of conductive pencil bits floating around a weightless space station isn't such a good idea

Re:Another solution

[Anonymous Coward]

Once you're already out of bed, chances are you're not going to get back in.

Um. No. You're wrong.

Re:The typical things Slashdot users will say:

[Anonymous Coward]

The problem here is that your joke is actually funny.

Re:A simpler solution

[lazypenguingirl]

When a standard alarm goes off in the morning, for some reason it turns me thrashy and frantic to get rid of that horrible sound... I have completely wiped lamp, stack of books, cat, and everything else off my nightstand in a confused effort to turn it off. It got to the point my body would wake me up EXACTLY one minute before the alarm went off so I could avoid it. My fiance's new alarm clock has an option where it slowly increases the sound volume, and you could change the duration of time it takes to ramp up to full. It *really* works well, without causing a frantic reaction to the normal godawful shrill beeping.

Snooze buttons waste time

[khrtt]

My usual method is, set the alarm so late I can barely make it even if I don't snooze. Then I won't have any illusions about using the snooze button. Plus, I get maximum sleep.

And if it turns out to be not enough sleep, I just sleep through the alarm anyways. And if I'm late, I'm late, and it doesn't matter if you're late by 10 minutes or 2 hours - I still have to lie about dog ate my homework, or buy new plane tickets, or whatever, right?

Life is short. I don't have time for snooze buttons.

Re:Idea for you

[Suidae]

Or, if you don't like the idea of potentially waking up wet, rig it to dump on your wife or most expensive computer if you don't disable it.

Hey, it's much bettter...

[marcus]

...to have your girlfriend wake you in the morning. No alarm clock needed, nor snooze button. She knows how to get me up.

Yes, I stand up and face the day with a smile.