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Wanna to be pulled out of bed in a natural and mild way instead of the annoying digital alarm clocks? If so, Vera Wiedermann’s Water-powered Alarm Clock is rightly a good choice to you. The Dreamtime clock is made based on old tradition of balancing with water, and it offers a gentle chiming in the morning to make waking up an enjoyable thing. According to the time you’d like to sleep through, you can pour some amount of water into the glass bowl (something like setting the alarm time), which will then let water drip silently to another bowl during the night. As the top bowl gets lighter, it then rises and finally lets a hammer fall to create a smooth, singing chime – it’s the very time for you to get up!

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Annoying mornings again, with continuous cacophony of alarm clocks… Why couldn’t we wake up with something more intriguing? Such as the Guitar Alarm designed by Jamie McMahon. Handmade of birch plywood, walnut and stainless steel, the new alarm works in the same way as a musical instrument, sounding at the time set when powered. As it doesn’t show time at all, the piece can also be used as an artwork for home décor.

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Chirp is here to pull you up from your warm bed. The alarm clock comes with two separate parts, a pillowcase clip that wakes you up with gentle vibrations and a backup alarm that sounds if vibration doesn’t work. So will this new alarm be useful to you? Just have a try and let me know.

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Needing a simple and practical solution to keep tabs on your house? Have a look at this FireText Smoke Alarm then. It is an ingenious device that sends out warning texts to up to four different numbers so that the users can call the fire brigade before a fire destroys their home. I think everybody would need such an early-warning system to ensure their houses safe and it is especially useful for elderly people who live alone. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Earphone, also an alarm clock! Specially designed for music lovers who are used to wearing earphones to enjoy music before sleep, this Alarm Earphone is built with alarm, calendar, stopwatch and other functions, making it a most competitive earphone we’ve ever met. More importantly, it can set alarm clock automatically and alarms you up in the morning with required volume of music. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Alarm clocks are wonderful devices, and among them Oliver Sha’s IQ Alarm Clock is obviously the best. It has no snooze button, but instead you have two choices to make the clock stop ringing: one is to answer 1 to 3 questions, and the other is to press and hold the power button for 30 seconds. So what will your choose, the former method or the latter one? [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Edison Alarm Clock, although involves the great scientist Thomas A. Edison, actually is an innovative work by David Krawczyk. But the designer does have drawn some inspirations from Edison, and eventually he used electrical current to control the clock: the alarm will be turned on when you insert the bulbs into desired time slots, and the timepiece will be illuminated at the same time. Isn’t that fantastic? Edison will surely love the design too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Even though we’ve already had cellphones with built-in alarms, we seldom have a watch that doubles an alarm. Except for the “An Alarm”. What makes the watch special is that it gives a vibration on the wrist instead of sound. Isn’t that cool? You’ll never miss any dates. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Another day waking up on the farmland, with the shrill cry of a cock… But actually I’m still lying in my bed, which is of course in my apartment located inside the city. So how could I wake up on a farmland? All the secret lies in the Farmland Alarm Clock, which uses moos, baas and clucks to make you back from the sweet dreams. And to have the alarm stop ringing, you’ll need to slot the corresponding animal in above the large LCD display. Just have a try. [Read the rest of this entry...]

From now on, the first thing you should do in the morning is to fully stretch yourselves, because only by that means you can turn off the sounding alarm! Designed by Seung-hee Ryu, the cute ‘Stretching’ is a clever combination of a soft pillow and a firm clock, which will do its best to pull the users out of their sweet dream by asking them to stretch their arms. Being a lazy person who cannot wake up from deep slumber, this clock I think would be perfect for me! [Read the rest of this entry...]

You like tuna? Try this then. Shaped like a tuna can, the “delicious” alarm clock will wake you up every morning, with its attractive taste. [Read the rest of this entry...]

I just didn’t hear them, though the telephone rings and rings, the doorbell rings and rings, and the alarm rings and rings…Please forgive me. So that’s what you usually do to explain why you missed important dates or kept honored guests waiting outside, just because you didn’t hear the bell ring? Then why not try the wrist bracelets, which remind you of all the information from the phone, alarm or the doorbell, via sensations in your skin? You’re sure to love it. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Milky Way, as Henrik Amberla named his new design, is an innovative alarm clock that features a turning motion to trigger the snooze function. That means you no longer need to open your eyes and seek for buttons on an alarm. When Milky Way alarms, you only have to reverse it and then go on with your sweet dream. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well… is Wake-Up Phone a phone that awakes me in the morning?! Come on, each phone now has emerged as a functional alarm clock! So what’s the peculiarity of this phone? Actually, it features a tilted display to give you a good view of the time as those traditional alarm clocks do. The Wake-Up Phone also comes integrated with a camera and a radio, which are controlled by the shortcut buttons.

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The mounting alarm clock is read in a different way, that is, sideways! It means that you needn’t have to roll over but stay in bed when you want to know the time. Actually, this clock couldn’t be regarded as an innovative product, but it is certainly a considerate one.

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