One For You Heavy Sleepers...

Aod · 16 Jan 2008 at 17:22

Dr Jones said:
Patent that idea, now!

Hmmm, i'll look into it. i know a few people who are lawyerly who could give me a bit of advice...

fail at the internets · 16 Jan 2008 at 17:28

Pff, you need massive speakers and a program that will play a music file at a certain time. Turn your speakers to max and find the loudest metal music you can. Works for me.

matthew_o50 · 16 Jan 2008 at 17:53

It still doesn't solve my problem of staying awake after the alarm is stopped

I set 5 alarms on my phone each with snooze set between 1-5 mins and repeated every minute. I still fall asleep between each one. I guess I need a bed that actually tips you out lol!

Aod · 16 Jan 2008 at 17:58

matthew_o50 said:
It still doesn't solve my problem of staying awake after the alarm is stopped

I set 5 alarms on my phone each with snooze set between 1-5 mins and repeated every minute. I still fall asleep between each one. I guess I need a bed that actually tips you out lol!

don't put the alarm within arm-proximity of the bed then :confused:

Nazca · 16 Jan 2008 at 19:03

banja said:
You should get one of those plug timers. Set your downstairs Hi-Fi at full blast, Nepalm Death or something, then set the timer on it to go off one minute after your alarm clock. It'll force you to get up. Either that, or you and your whole street will be in for a shock.

I like Napalm Death, and metal. Sometimes I listen to metal to help me sleep.

Mul · 16 Jan 2008 at 19:16

Nazca said:
I like Napalm Death, and metal. Sometimes I listen to metal to help me sleep.

Speaking of which, I did once set some Machine Head to wake me up the following morning but landed up dreaming of being at a Machine Head gig and waking up a half hour later

Mind you, I've slept through an earthquake

aod said:
i have this idea for an Alarm Clock with a 9 digit keypad on the top.
when the alarm goes off it flashes a randomly generated 4 digit code (using the main 7-segment display) that changes every time the alarm goes off, which you have to enter to turn the alarm off. i reckon it would force you to wake up to turn it off (requires cognitive function)

That is actually a brilliant idea. I'd get one.

lee32uk · 16 Jan 2008 at 19:19

Fiocca said:
I'm allways late for work because i can't wake up so got me one of these last week.http://www.firebox.com/index.html?d...ct&pid=1681&src_t=cat&src_id=gadgets&aff=1272

It's really good but i even sleep through that too. Think i need a gong!

That alarm clock would get smashed to bits if i owned it

Vonhelmet · 16 Jan 2008 at 22:57

Not sure how an enormous Babybel is supposed to wake me up...

Fiocca · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:07

vonhelmet said:
Not sure how an enormous Babybel is supposed to wake me up...

It starts singing "Ba ba ba, ba babybell!" stupidly loud until you can't take anymore, thus driving you to get out of bed to boot the piece of crap!

Hate · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:15

I got one of those natural light wake up clocks.

was rubbish

Fiocca · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:19

Hate said:
I got one of those natural light wake up clocks.

was rubbish

Just leave ya curtains open!

Hyper · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:20

My alarm didnt go off this morning, think I might have to invest

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Just noticed this:

Call me sad if you want but w00t

Glaucus · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:30

Hate said:
I got one of those natural light wake up clocks.

was rubbish

I want to get one of those. I think it would help me out a lot. It's so much easier to wake up when it's light.

benjo plz. · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:36

Fiocca said:
Just leave ya curtains open!

you say that as a joke, but it really does work

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Vonhelmet · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:38

Hyper said:
My alarm didnt go off this morning, think I might have to invest

Mine did, but the wife still had to pull the covers off the bed before I actually woke up.

Hyper · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:39

vonhelmet said:
Mine did, but the wife still had to pull the covers off the bed before I actually woke up.

If only I had a wife to do the same, one day maybe

Aod · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:51

Phnom_Penh said:
you say that as a joke, but it really does work .

only if you need to wakeup when the sun rises. my wakeup time is a good 2 hours before sunrise

Mark A · 17 Jan 2008 at 00:06

I just set my HIFI to go off in the morning, i set it to go off at a quite high volume which wakes the whole house up

. Plus i can have the remote on my bedside table to turn it off.

the_candyman · 17 Jan 2008 at 00:07

My brother had his stereo to wake him up in the morning with some metal music. But the funny thing was, when it went off, it gradually got louder and louder to the point of the speakers exploding. I always found it funny to hear him fall out of bet to find the off button.
Im not so heavy sleeper so im good for a cheap alarm clock

Jambo · 17 Jan 2008 at 00:38

Aod said:
Hmmm, i'll look into it. i know a few people who are lawyerly who could give me a bit of advice...

I'm afraid you won't be able to patent it as you have put the invention idea in the public domain. You have to keep inventions confidential until you file for patent protection or preferably until after it has been granted if possible.

Clocky is my alarm clock of choice. Genius!