Comments on: The wake up machine http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/ Fresh hacks every day Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: backSLIDER http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87784 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:24:03 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87784 I just want a regular alarm clock that looks like that. oh and maybe a crazy progressive code for turning off the alarm. Something that would require some math from me.

]]> By: Stunmonkey http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87773 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:53:26 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87773 @davidb;

If you’ve been struggling all your life to wake up before noon, I think your body is trying to tell you something!
i have a solution. Don’t wake up before noon. you’ll likely be happier and live a lot longer.

At some point the not insignificant trouble of finding a career job that starts after noon is immensely less stress on your life than fighting to get up early every single day for the rest of it.

]]> By: bcoblentz http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87763 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:13:07 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87763

]]> By: davidb http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87720 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:58:09 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87720 I like this project. It’s not that it’s terribly complex to accomplish (or terribly useful), but there’s a lot going on there. I’d definitely say these ME guys learned/demonstrated a lot more knowledge through this project about sensors and actuators than many of my EE/CE friends. Good job!

As far as not being able to wake up, hell yes it’s a problem! I’ve been struggling with this my whole life. If I’m going to get up before noon, the only thing that will help isn’t technology – it is getting enough sleep. :(

]]> By: Drew3296 http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87711 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:40:39 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87711 Hmm… couldn’t a simple wall timer and a surge protector with a switch do the same thing? Plug in a coffee pot maker, an analog radio, and a lamp into the surge protector and it acts the same. Plus it wouldn’t total more then 6 bucks.

]]> By: Stunmonkey http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87675 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:39:21 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87675 I solved the problem by getting a job where I can show up virtually whenever. Much easier than hacked alarm clocks.
Recommend this course of action highly. You are hackers, this certainly isn’t an impossible stretch in the Tech world!

]]> By: jeff-o http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87657 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:57:19 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87657 I couldn’t survive without an alarm clock. Well, maybe that’s a stretch – I’d certainly never get to work on time!

]]> By: Pandaemonium http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87654 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:31:09 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87654 Yes, after hacking away for 40+ straight hours, it can be difficult to wake up. I used a modified wall timer with a heavy relay to turn on a 460w RMS amp hooked up to a speaker stack and a CD player. After jumping 4 feet into the air, I no longer felt like going back to sleep!

]]> By: electronpusher_det http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87652 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:25:34 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87652 yes

]]> By: JD http://hackaday.com/2009/08/18/the-wake-up-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-87648 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:57:37 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=13420#comment-87648 Why are there so many posts about alarm clocks? Do hackers have issues waking up in the morning?

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