For automobile enthusiasts, the Porsche 911 alarm clock has to hold a special value, mainly that of being super cool. The dial and the casing follow authentic Porsche style, and are a good impression of what you can find in a 911 dashboard. Costs $215.
For most of us, the work of the alarm clock is to ring, go to snooze, get switched off or just be ignored. While that works fantastically for the sleepy mind, it’s not so great for waking up on time. While most people would shrug it off and try to be on time the next day, designer Sankalp Sinha decided the idea needed more of a kick, and a shock, so he could make it to class on time.
Most of us have trouble waking up with the alarm clock, and there have been quite a few variations to scare us shitless in the morning just so we wakeup on time. None of those however, would come close to the sheer overkill that is this concept creation by Tazu Rous.
Rather than waking you up with monotonous, irritating sounds, the Good Morning Clock greets you with the voice of Stephen Fry. Not just weird sounds, but classy greetings to wake you up. It has up to 120 sounds, each with phrases like “The world has been very anxious to hear from you for the last eight hours. Shall I inform the news agencies you’re about to rise, Sir?” Sounds classy, right? And way better than what those run of the mill alarm clocks have to offer. Costs $70.
As is the norm, alarm clocks take pride in being loud and scary while waking us up. They may fulfill the purpose, but they don’t do it the best way possible. This new alarm clock, devised by a team at the Jerusalem College in India, might be able to do its job in a lot more efficient manner. Basically, our sleep can be divided into a number of stages, with stages 1 and 2 being close to awake stages, and stages 3 and 4 being the stages of a deep slumber, followed by REM.
Designer David Krawczyk designed this brilliant clock with a 19th century flavor. Showing time on voltmeter-like faces, the Edison Alarm clock’s alarm can be set by inserting miniature bulbs into the desired slots. The designer is aiming to bring the clock out of concept form into a limited production run.
Via: David Krawczyk, Core77
You have to be real powerful to keep Vader at your desk, pleading you to get up in the morning. Then you ask Vader to shut up. Lego Darth Vader alarm clock costs $30.
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Waking up to a pole dancing chick has to be one of the best ways of getting out of bed. While other alarm clocks might shriek at you, this one takes pleasure in waking you up with a pole dance. When it’s time to wake up, the clock plays “stripper music” and a stripper dressed in red bikini and heels starts her dance along the silver pole. Costs $18.5.
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Finally, an alarm clock that is not pure evil. The Puzzle Alarm clock has a very interesting way to set the alarm. You arrange the wooden pegs on its face to signal the time you want to wake up at. Once that part is successfully completed, an icon lights up to inform you that the alarm has been set for the said time.
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Aphelion concept alarm clock is what every alarm clock intends to be: irritating. The clock plays your favorite mp3 tune or AM station in the morning, but all that won’t matter because that is just the noisy alarm. As the alarm rings, the clock turns into some sort of a catapult and launches a ball. You are required to find the ball and replace it on the clock if you want its incessant shrieking to end. It is just a concept that is unlikely to see production, but if it did, we can safely assume these clocks would have very small life spans.
Via: TDB, ShinyShiny