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Posts tagged “alarm”

Wireless Infrared Driveway Patrol Alarm

Yeah, yeah, we know...it's a total As Seen on TV gadget, but this infrared wireless alert system isn't a half bad low cost security idea, since there's no need for any wiring or hard to manage system....

NightCove Duo Aids Couples to Sleep & Empty Bank Account

NightCove by Zyken is for insomniacs looking for a little technological aid to get their Zzz's. The NightCove relies upon LED light and programmed sound sequences to relax your senses into a sleep w...

Progress Bar Clock: How's Your Day Loading?

To a techie, waiting for the day to end can feel like a dial-up download progress bar. Funny then, how MintPass decided to take that analogy and make it literal. Check out the Progress Bar Clock......

Honeywell Theft Sensor Protects Individual Valuables

Most homes now have to have alarm systems. Alarm systems protect homes against unlawful entry. But what happens when you have parties and people coming over and something suddenly goes missing? We've ...

Dag Designlab: Alarm Controller Goes Minimal

As a remedy for a world of overcomplicated home security measures, Dag Designlab has created one of the simplest solutions we've seen yet. Combining two of man's most basic instincts - sight and sound...

The Perfect Bedside Accessory: Stylish Eklipse Clock Radio

Admittedly, this gadget isn't bringing any mind-blowing new technology to the iPod-dock-slash-alarm-clock market. But hot damn if this isn't the sexiest thing to hit your nightstand since you bought a...

Force Yourself to Wake Up With an Alarm Clock Rug

I, for one, would like to put in two votes that the snooze button is both the worst and best invention ever in history. When you need a few extra winks, you'll be thanking your lucky stars that the sn...

Wind Chime Alarm Clock: A Gentler Way to Wake Up

If you are like us, you must hate getting up mornings, especially Monday mornings. However, it's not like you have a choice really. You have to get up. There is no way around this fact. The only thing...

Grass Patch: A Clock that Runs on Mud

We've always heard of eco-friendly gadgets, but none would be more eco-friendly than a clock that runs on mud. Clocks are important. Most of us need them daily to tell time and to wake us up. Even tho...

Portable Security: The Old School Wedge Alarm

So maybe you're not a big fan of turning your home into a car alarm system, investing in a wireless solution that still requires you pay a monthly fee, or building a security camera disguised as a bir...

Mesh and Eclipse: Two New Interesting Looking New Clocks

We all need clocks. It's the only way that we know how to effectively manage time. Either we are late or we are on time, that's what our clocks tell us. In our modern age, people are carrying watches ...

Tokibot Robot Clock for the Sci-Fi Geek

We're all geeks here. No need to be bashful. But what a lot of people don't seem to get is that there are many different classifications of the geek hierarchy and not all geeks are created equal. You'...

JetLag Travel Alarm Clock Is a Small Space Dweller's Dream

Don't know exactly what it is, but we love the look of this tiny, plain dual-display digital clock. Originally meant for traveling, we think this tiny alarm clock could be just as useful to non-flying...

As if You Needed Morning Snoozing to be Easier...

Snoozing is a bad, bad habit to get into. I used to be the kinda gal that would strike up out of bed as soon as the alarm first buzzed for me in the morning, but a bed mate of mine (an ex-boyfriend ac...

The Minute Glass: A Green Alarm Clock

We all have had problems walking up in the morning, and that snooze button isn't always a good idea. The few extra minutes that we get thanks to snoozing aren't really restful. Alarms and clocks do co...

Wake Up to Smells That Aren't From Your Roommate

This Peaceful Progression Wake Up Clock uses that gradual lighting technique to wake you slowly and without "WTF is that noise? Is it morning already!?" moments. There's also a scent, which is release...

The Most Moving Parts Ever in a 'Digital' Display Clock

Does anybody else remember/still have one of those PinArt toys? You know, the little thing made of plastic that had a million little pins sticking loosely through it, letting you forever (until you mo...

Touch 'n' Know Keeps Your Sleeping Peepers Closed

How many times has this happened to you?: You wake up naturally (or you wake up abruptly when your dog barks at nothing, like me) before your morning alarm is set to go off. You want to catch a few mo...

Vintage-Inspired iPod Alarm Clocks

We love the look of vintage home goods. We like the look of old table fans, phonographs and rotary phones, but it just isn't practical, especially for your small cool spaces, to take up room with out-...

iSleep: Using Your Laptop To Wake Up In an Analog Way

iSleep is an innovative concept by the German designer Ivonne Dippman. It combines features of your laptop that you wouldn't think about combining. The basic concept is to provide users with a useful ...

The Gun O'Clock: If Duck Hunt Spawned a Clock

Another one of those you-better-effin'-wake-up-or-I'll-annoy-you-awake clocks. A cross between your everyday alarm clock and the retro gaming favorite Duck Hunt, this clock sounds an alarm at wake-up...

Retro Clock Radio iPod Dock

We can see why some would claim Apple is becoming a monopoly. All of you must have iPods and iPhones because we see tons of iPod Docks everyday. We see some with four charging slots. We also see tons ...

Dreams Ban Clock Helps You Save for a Rainy Day

If you're trying to save money, we don't blame you. These are fickle times and it's always good to have some cash to sit on if need be. If you're the type who's been saving since you turned 15, then c...

Tantrum Throwing Alarm Clock

No one likes getting woken up, but it's part of everyone's life. Rare are the people who can sleep in or wake up when they want to. We don't know anyone who loves their alarm clock, and since the Phil...

Polynapping Makes its Way Into Our Tech

If you've never heard of polyphasic sleep or polynapping, let us break it down for you: It's a sleep schedule dreamed up by the Renaissance Man, Leonardo DaVinci, that gives the user a solid 21-hour d...