This sounds just like the advance Douglas Adams predicted in _The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_

For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive — you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same programme.

I used to be able to set the alarm on my cell phone to vibrate before it went off. I was usually able to hit snooze or get up before the blaring started.

Uh… I think you mean oxytocin?