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Title: The Alarm Clock as a Moving Target. Catch It if You Can.
Source: NYT
URL Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/t ... 1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
Published: Feb 7, 2007
Author: JOHN BIGGS
Post Date: 2007-02-07 22:31:47 by Morgana le Fay
Keywords: None
Views: 153
Comments: 3

If a screeching buzzer is not enough to get you moving in the morning, consider Clocky.

This alarm clock doesn’t just make noise, it breaks the snooze-button habit: after the first snooze period, Clocky rolls off the nightstand and runs away.

Clocky generated Internet buzz in 2005 when it was just a conceptual design project by Gauri Nanda, then a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is now an actual product, available for $50 at http://www.nandahome.com.

The clock can survive a two-foot drop and the alarm beeps randomly, ensuring that its frantic squalling won’t be easily forgotten. It comes in white, light blue and light green.

The snooze time can be set from zero to 9 minutes. When it’s set to zero, Clocky skips the grace period and immediately starts rolling around, ensuring no rest for the weary.

Ms. Nanda’s original Clocky had an odd shaggy cover, and a similar version will be available soon.

While this clock can survive small bumps and falls, it is not guaranteed to withstand an assault by someone who has had to drag it out from under the bed. JOHN BIGGS (1 image)

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#1. To: Morgana le Fay (#0)

Sounds like it would be a good gift for someone who doesn't live in your house.

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Neil McIver  posted on  2007-02-07   22:41:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Neil McIver (#1)

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Alarm clock with domino effect

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Ferret Mike  posted on  2007-02-07   22:46:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Ferret Mike (#2)

Just think of all the work that went into setting the alarm clock up the night before. Hardly worth the effort.

God is always good!
"It was an interesting day." - President Bush, recalling 9/11 [White House, 1/5/02]

RickyJ  posted on  2007-02-07   23:01:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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