CNet is reporting on some new alarm clocks.
One of them measures how deeply asleep you are, and gives an appropriate alarm depending on the level of sleep (i.e. light sleep might equal a chirp, whereas a heavy sleep might require a fire engine).
As a chronic oversleeper who has been known to turn off alarm clocks without even waking up, this news interests me.
The second model is a clock with wheels that will roll away out of reach before you can hit the snooze button again. Far too easily thwarted by positioning it parallel to your bed, but a creative idea nonetheless.
Next thing you know they’ll have the “Tim’s Mom Alarm Clock” which will ring one of those amazingly piercing red counter-top bells (most often seen next to a sign “Ring bell for attendant”), with a backup plan of a Dixie cup full of cold water.
Hrm. I couldn’t find a picture of the kind of bell I’m talking about. Searching for images online is still fairly limited.