The Flying Alarm Clock

February 16, 2007

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I'm always on the lookout for cool new alarm clocks, because I can never find one that totally works on me. A punch to the face, a shotgun blast, ten thousand angry yowling cats and a dunk in ice water may barely stir me from my slumber, then again, maybe not. The only thing that can usually wake me up is a simple telephone ring. I wish they would just make an alarm clock/phone that has a built-in wake-up call. I found another new alarm clock that probably won't work for me, but for 99% of the rest of the population it could be the perfect solution!

The Flying Alarm Clock is quite possibly the most annoying and frustrating alarm ever created. When the alarm sounds, it launches a spinning rotor 9 feet up into the air. The blaring alarm will not turn off until you wake up, get out of bed, fetch the lost rotor, which could have landed anywhere in the dark, and return it to the clock base. By forcing you to think about finding that missing rotor and making you stumble around the bedroom, you have a much better chance of actually staying awake, assuming you don't sleep through the alarm to begin with like me. Cool idea though.

Check out the videos below to see the Flying Alarm Clock in action. Also let us know in the Comments below what you think is the best way to wake up in the morning. Any good suggestions?

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