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“He knows when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake; Clocky, the alarm clock that runs away and hides to get you out of bed.” Everybody knew somebody like this in college: the guy who would hit snooze seventeen times before waking up in the morning; who finally had to put his alarm clock in the bathroom so he’d have to get out of bed to turn it off. Looks like somebody out there with some engineering smarts had this problem too, and did something about it.
Clocky works like this: if you hit snooze after its alarm goes off, it’ll jump off your nightstand and wheel around the room looking for a place to hide before it goes off again. It’ll find a slightly different place each time, so you always have to go searching for it. Devilish, no? What’s more, the alarm is an ear-splitting 80 decibels (any louder than that is considered potentially damaging to one’s hearing.) And the release of Clocky at holiday-time makes it the perfect stocking-stuffer for that insufferably lazy layabout on your list.
This would be a great gift to give someone and NOT tell them you got it.
Just hid it under the couch and let it do it’s work.
posted by Sheldon Siegel on 11-30-2006 at 12:09 pm
I’ve been trying to find out where to buy one of these for my MIT-grad brother. Do you know if they are available for purchase yet? If so, do you know where?
posted by Susan on 11-30-2006 at 12:47 pm
I remember reading about clocky on makezine… when I went there to search for the link, I got redirected here:
www.nandahome.com
It’s available for preorder…
posted by Jason! on 11-30-2006 at 1:14 pm
i have been following clocky for a while, waiting for its release. i hate mornings…
posted by andy cochrane on 11-30-2006 at 4:26 pm
ive seen a clock that is equally annoying, except the one i saw had puzzle pieces that popped out of the top of the clock when the alarm went off and the alarm continues to ring until you complete the puzzle. what a great way to wake up in the morning!
posted by stevesy on 11-30-2006 at 5:04 pm
What’s next? A clock that shakes you by the lapels and slaps your face, screaming ‘Wake up!’? A coffee maker that chides you for sleeping late? A car ignition system that detects when you’re drunk and refuses to -
oh, wait. Never mind.
posted by James Abrams on 8-28-2007 at 7:16 pm