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When the Alarm Clock Runs and Hides

Posted by kdawson on from the run-in-circles-scream-and-shout dept.

bbbbryan writes to tell us about the commercialization of the elusive alarm clock prototyped at the MIT Media Lab a couple of years back. This alarm clock actually runs, hides from you, and beeps to ensure that you'll be awake enough not to go back to sleep by the time you find it and get it shut up. Detroit News has a writeup on the device, which you can buy from the inventor's site for $50.

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  1. For that matter... by Moraelin · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    For that matter, if anyone has that much trouble getting up, wouldn't it be more productive to actually go to bed some 8 hours before having to get up? I dunno, just a crazy idea.

    And, much as I'm a gamer myself, the excuse better not be, "but my guild needed me for a raid" ;)

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