Clever Clock Stops You Sleeping Late

Mike (Rewired) A scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has invented the clever device, which will defy even the most determined alarm clock "snoozers."

April 6, 2005 12:03 PM ET in News,

Research associate Gauri Nanda’s two-wheeled “Clocky” automatically rolls off the bedside table when the alarm goes off and the snooze button is pressed.

View: Clever clock stops you sleeping late

It travels around the room and its carpet-covered surface bumps into objects that come into its path, until it finds a resting place.

“Minutes later, when the alarm sounds again, the sleeper must get up out of bed and search for Clocky,” says the 25-year-old scientist.

“This ensures that the person is fully awake before turning it off.”

An internal processor helps it find a new hiding spot every day.

I don’t think I could get use to hunting the little bugger every morning. I’d rather spend the energy on procrastinating.

Source: CNN

16 Comments:

  1. Private_Snoball
    6 Apr '05, 5:43 pm

    OMG, I want one so bad. If not for the alarm, just for the fact that I'll have an alarm that rolls around.

  2. NiGHTS
    6 Apr '05, 5:53 pm

    That has got to be the weirdest thing I've seen in a while. It looks like a guinea pig with wheels sitting there.

  3. Gargoyle
    6 Apr '05, 5:57 pm

    Oh, I'd go hunting for clocky, alright. I think that little punk would end up getting stabbed or smashed when I found it. I don't have too much of a sense of humor in the morning

  4. KingFish
    6 Apr '05, 6:19 pm

    Send the wife to fetch it....

  5. shorty81
    6 Apr '05, 6:22 pm

    i don't get snooze alarms in the first place. i don't need an alarm gettin me up a half hour early. i agree this would be a search and destroy mission on day one!

  6. KingFish
    6 Apr '05, 6:26 pm

    I don't do snooze alarms either. I'm up on the first alarm, it's the only way to go.

  7. camtin (Guest)
    6 Apr '05, 6:32 pm

    In the morning, I’m destructive.

    Lock ‘n load fellas.

  8. NiGHTS
    6 Apr '05, 6:46 pm

    College has made my understanding of the snooze button that much more profound.

  9. RADA
    6 Apr '05, 7:27 pm

    I haven't used the alarm on my bedside clock in years. Over the years, I've noticed that every time I did use the alarm, I automatically woke up 5-15 minutes before it went off. So I tried just telling myself what time I want to wake up, now I'm usually within 5-10 minutes of that time.

    I've been getting up at 5:30 am to go to the gym before work for 3 years now. I can count the times I've overslept on one hand. On occasions I have changed my mind about going to the gym, I still woke up around 5:30, then decided the gym wasn't going to happen that day, and slept for a little longer, still without using an alarm.

  10. Jengo
    6 Apr '05, 8:32 pm

    i wish i could do that...

  11. Komete
    7 Apr '05, 12:25 am

    I have 2 of those one is 3 and the other is 1year old. 6:30 am like clockwork they go off and rome the room till I get up. every 5 minutes they take turns slapping my bald head till I get up..

  12. NiGHTS
    7 Apr '05, 12:36 am

    Do you have to find them after that, or do they usually hide in the same spot?

  13. Komete
    7 Apr '05, 12:42 am

    Depends on how red my head is. ;0)

  14. TheGr81
    7 Apr '05, 4:04 am

    It took me half an hour to get out of bed this morning... I almost missed the bus.

  15. TheSmJ
    7 Apr '05, 1:50 pm

    OMFG! Why didn't I ever think of this?!

  16. yagga
    8 Apr '05, 1:08 am

    You can call me Cosmo Kramer, but one that actually works...

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