Alarm Clock
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Homewares are a tried-and-true gift avenue, but candelabras and doormats can be pretty dull. That's why we've rounded up some of the coolest home gadgets and gifts to help your friends and family (or yourself) relax and make the most of the holiday season.
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You may not typically be firing on all cylinders when your alarm clock goes off, but French startup Holi says it has created an alarm clock that will fire on all cylinders for you. The Bonjour is a voice-controlled AI device that learns about the user and acts as their personal assistant.
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Most of us don't have a great relationship with our alarm clocks, given that their sole purpose is essentially to scream at us until we get up. The new Kello smart alarm clock, however, is designed to help us sleep better, snooze less and wake up earlier, all using a gentle approach.
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If you're more likely to take swipe at the snooze button than leap out of bed, then you might have pondered new ways to transform yourself into a morning person. For inventor Winson Tam, this meant reimagining the alarm clock as a rug that shuts up only when you plant your feet on it.
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Christmas shopping for the electrical engineer who has everything? Well, chances are they don't have the Voltmeter Alarm Clock. It looks like a vintage analog voltmeter, except it displays hours and minutes instead of volts and amps.
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By now, you're probably quite used to things like smartphones, cameras and even car dashboards having a bewildering array of features. Well, Electrohome recently decided to give that same treatment to the humble alarm clock, in the rather ironic form of its Retro Alarm Clock Radio.
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Earlier this year, David Levi came up with a wake up alarm system that couldn't be turned off while the bed was occupied. Being forced out of bed is not everyone's idea of a great start to the day, so Levi has now developed GoldenRod, an LED light strip that mimics a sunrise.
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The SensorWake alarm clock is said to be as easy to use as a coffee machine, emitting a range of scents such as espresso, hot croissant and sweet peach just as you're due to wake up in the morning.
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If you've been lambasted by a partner freshly roused by your buzzing alarm clock, then you might have pondered ways to spare them the early wake up call. Lucera Labs is the latest to chime in with a solution, with an alarm that uses highly targeted sounds and light to leave them in peace.
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If not ourselves, we all know someone that claims to be useless until they've had that first mouthful of coffee in the morning. The Barisiuer is an elegantly designed alarm clock that starts your day with a freshly-brewed cup of joe before you even get out of bed.
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Along with various systems aimed at keeping drivers awake, we've also recently seen a headset and an earpiece designed to let users know when they're inappropriately drifting off. The Spark takes the form of something you'd have on anyway – a watch.
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Napwell is a mask designed to help people wake from a nap without that groggy feeling associated with short sleeps. The simple combination of a timer and an LED lighting system combine to regulate the length of nap and the rate at which you wake up from it.
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