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Bed-sized alarm clock — hold on, it's an alarm-clock bed
I'm wondering if, this week, DVICE's writers are trying to tell us something: devices for insomniacs equals I am le tired; vibrating alarm clocks must mean I can't get out of bed this morning. Well, maybe it's to do with the run-up to Christmas, and all those parties.
Anyhoo, enough about our social life, let's talk beds — or more specifically, this alarm clock concept. Designed by Florian Scharfer, Melted Clock is a wake-up call embedded in your sheets, with a clock display made out of silicone and electroactive polymers. There's haptic, touch-sensitive alarm, speakers and controls (the icons of which are embroidered on the high thread-count (I hope) egyptian cotton.
There's a bonus image after the jump, and I'm going to say goodbye for the moment, and dream of the day when I can be gently shaken awake rather than have the alarm on my cellphone shatter my dreams.
By Raymondjram at 6:10 AM ON 11/20/09
This won't work for me. I sleep on the other side of the bed. BTW, I have my own electronic clock radio, but I trust my mechanical "Big Ben" more than any electrical clock, due to power fluctuations. My Dad used one, and my grandfather used one, too. I And it is much cheaper than any other gadget that can wake you up, other than a roster or a lively pet dog in your home (children don't count because they are more EXPENSIVE).
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