I have to sleep with earplugs in to combat a major electric bus line that runs on my street. I bought a Sonic Boom - comes with a vibrating disc you stick between boxspring and mattress. It not only gives the bed a really low dose shake, but is amplified in the boxspring creating a very audible yet pleasant low frequency hum. I'm never shocked awake. It also includes a socket to plug in a lamp, and switches between flashing and solid.
It's ugly as hell, and the lamp switch override is larger than the snooze, but it's relatively difficult to accidentally turn off. I wake up much happier since I bought that thing. http://tinyurl.com/6mg9sr (no endorsement: just the first link I found for it) On Monday, June 23, 2008, at 01:52PM, "Bruce Esrig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The sunrise alarm clock is rather wonderful. We have one with a round orb >and a strong white light. We clipped one of the wires inside, so it just >glows for an hour without ringing at all. If you're willing to admit that >it's daytime, it makes waking up a natural experience. > >The ultimate user experience is to have no alarm clock. It works if your >internal clock tends to run early, or if you can get yourself to wake up at >some regular time. It might be worth experimenting with. If it works, it >works really well. Once awake, you can pad over to an ordinary un-alarming >clock to find out what time it is. > >You might still need an ordinary alarm clock on days when you have to get up >*really* early. > >Best wishes, > >Bruce > >On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Todd Moy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I found a "sunrise" alarm clock at a yard sale a few years back. Basically, >> it's a clock/lamp that slowly brightens in the minutes leading up to your >> awake time. A bit after that, a typical alarm will softly ring and build in >> intensity. >> >> It's quite nice since you don't wake up in fight-or-flight response :). >> Similar ones can be found by doing a google search for "alarms clocks for >> the deaf." Here's an example from HammacherSchlemmer, though not the one I >> own: http://tinyurl.com/5x8bwk >> >> Unfortunately, the ones I've seen are quite ugly. >> >> -Todd >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Michael Micheletti < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > I've had a Zen Alarm Clock for some years now: >> > >> > >> http://www.now-zen.com/cgi-bin/orders/shop.pl?ACTION=ENTER+SHOP&thispage=zenclocks&AFFILIATE=google73&ORDER_ID=%21ORDERID%21 >> > >> > I love it, but then I'm a left coast tree-hugger from the Pacific >> > Northwest, your mileage may vary. The tall triangular versions are >> > better than the little portable ones with the lids IMHO. >> > >> > Michael Micheletti >> > >> > On 6/20/08, Jonathan Abbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > There was a list discussion a couple years ago about alarm clocks... >> > > >> > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=5934 >> > > >> > > ...and it made me wonder-- what do usability-sensitive people use for >> > alarm >> > > clocks? >> > > >> > > I'm at a point where I'm ready to buy the last alarm clock I'll ever >> > need, >> > > so for argument's sake, let's say money is no object. What's the most >> > > delightful alarm clock experience you've had? >> > > >> > > -Jon >> > >> > >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> >> >________________________________________________________________ >Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
