The Glo Pillow is an alarm pillow that wakes you up gently with a gradually intensifying light. No more screaming alarm clocks! The LED light gradually increases in intensity for 40 minutes, simulating a real sunrise. And when you lift your head off the pillow, it displays the current time in easy-to-read dot matrix fonts. The pillow [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 15, 2007
I must have underestimated the almighty Jobism religion and its impact on retailers and product designers. But hell no, I’m certainly not complaining about the new Retro iPod Alarm Clock from Firebox.com. This charming little thing allows you to wake up to your favorite tunes in your iPod playlist every morning, and serves as a charging [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Here’s an elegant way to tell time for 24 different cities. Just rotate the barrel-shaped clock to your desired city and the hand shows the correct time for it. It has 12 sides, with each side having two major cities. In case you are wondering what happens to the minute hand when you rotate the clock, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 21, 2006
Remember the hide-and-seek clock that was mentioned in our Top 10 Coolest Alarm Clocks post? It was designed by a student, and now it is finally available for sale. For those unfamiliar, Clocky is a clock with two wheels that sets off running randomly whenever its alarm sounds. Hence, to silence it you have to climb [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 6, 2006
Remember the aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock that was featured some time ago? DigitalReviews.net has managed to get their hands on a set. The verdict? Probably the best in its class. According to DigitalReviews.net, the alarm clock is “far more beautiful in real life”, is “fairly intuitive”, and it does work. The only quirks are that [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 26, 2006
If you liked the idea of the On/Off Lamp, I’m sure you’ll be glad to hear that you can have an alarm clock that works the same way. To activate the alarm on this Lexon On/Off Alarm Clock, simply tilt it to the proper “on” position. And to deactivate it, simply tilt it in the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 25, 2006
If you’re the busy type that has important calls coming in to your house phone all the time, even during your precious bathing time, you might want to look into getting a G-Force Shower Radio Clock with Wireless Caller ID from GadgetUniverse. The waterproof radio clock allows you to see who’s calling right from your [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 21, 2006
If this came out earlier, it would’ve made it into our list of the Top 10 Coolest Alarm Clocks without any doubt. The Floating LCD Clock, um, floats between the top and bottom microprocessor-controlled magnets, letting you read the time with style. And the clock doesn’t just sits there either - an auto-rotate mechanism [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 13, 2006
Ahh…the love-hate relationship that we all have with our alarm clocks. Why endure those harsh buzzing noises every morning when you could make things just a little more interesting? Here are some of the coolest alarm clocks available via the web that could spice up the first few minutes of your everyday life. Kuku Alarm Clock At [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 24, 2006
I’m sure most of you realize this. Waking up feeling refreshed is not a matter of how much you sleep. It’s about waking up in the correct stage of your sleep cycle. Here’s a great article explaining sleep cycle in detail. In short, if you want to wake up feeling refreshed, aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm [...]
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