Comments on: Do math to turn off your alarm clock

By: TomÃ©

TomÃ© — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:44:26 +0000

Interesting idea! I thought of a similar project some time ago, because i too suffer from the “sleepy alarm turn-off syndrome” :) but in my case, you’d have to enter one random number that would appear on the display instead of doing the math. Of course the whole thing would have to be (shock/water/bullet)proof so you could not turn off the alarm by brute force :P

By: OnlineClock

OnlineClock — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:29:56 +0000

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By: mma173

mma173 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:36:36 +0000

I thought of similar idea sometime ago.
I wanted my mobile phone to give me a random number and ask me to put it in. I think it is very easy to modify the software ??!

By: Eliseo

Eliseo — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:25:47 +0000

Informative Article… AWESOME.

By: Laxminarayan G Kamath A

Laxminarayan G Kamath A — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:34:47 +0000

This wont work for me unless the alarm clock is connected to my phone to lockout the calculator feature in the phone while the alarm is ringing.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:16:19 +0000

Can I buy one? This gets to the real issue that I have getting up in morning. Physical activity does not wake me up. Mental exercise, however, does the trick. This is a great idea and well executed with clean and simple design.
When does this go in to production?

By: buddy

buddy — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:42:20 +0000

How about just go to bed earlier so you’re not so tired in the morning?

By: Someone

Someone — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:13:08 +0000

nice idea but i will just end up killing the thing.

i think it should be something that gives you a electric shock!

By: atomthroat

atomthroat — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:55:38 +0000

6:00 am: UUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH ;)

By: matt

matt — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:33:45 +0000

Timed 120v switch+500 wat halogen work light aimed at pillow+(public school style fire alarm with strobe and big red E-stop button mounted on the other side of the room). works for me.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:38:31 +0000

Wouldnt a mute button ruin the point?

By: strider_mt2k

strider_mt2k — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:50:22 +0000

@Jack Dalton: Awesome idea!

I just read up on the chumby and it’s an interesting platform.
maybe not 180.00 US interesting, but still really cool.

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:48:41 +0000

:) would be great to have a switch on the bottom to change the difficulty… spectrum from simple arithmetic to advanced trig…

By: Diogo

Diogo — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:42:30 +0000

Why not make change the bed with 2 foldaway legs that “disassemble” and drop you on the floor at the right time ? I constantly run into the problem of sleeping through the alarm sound, so I guess I need a little more feedback from my alarm than just sound ?

By: Jack Dalton

Jack Dalton — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:58:02 +0000

Jesus, I have enough trouble doing math AFTER my first cup of coffee!

At least this isn’t as tough as the average CAPTCHA code these days. :D