Natalie Duckett, a design student, has come up with a simple invention which is being billed as a wake-up call for the traditional alarm clock. Her revolutionary timepiece has no face or even hands – and sounds like a lesser spotted woodpecker.
Sleepers set a dial for the time between 6am and 9am they want to rise and, at zero hour, a metal 'beak' taps out a call on the nearest bedside object.
Another follows in the evening to remind the owner that bedtime is approaching if they want to fall in with their natural biological rhythms.
Now Miss Duckett, 22, is hoping to turn her prototype into a mass-produced market leader. She said: "People hate waking up. It seems to be one thing that unites everyone and the noises of alarm clocks are so annoying and unnatural."
Miss Duckett, from North Berwick, East Lothian, is in her fourth and final year studying product design at Dundee University. The battery-powered Alarming Clock is set to star at the New Designers festival in London in July and she is also in talks with an online retailer to develop her invention commercially.
3 comments:
Looks brilliant but don't know if I would have a little pointy thing hammering on a glass vase full of water. The thought of waking up being doused with water and shards of broken glass is not really what I'm looking for.
I agree with Steve. Reaching for the snooze button could be hazardous. Maybe add a Flintstones aspect to it. Put a cat near the thingy and watch and see what happens. I bet the human will wake shortly.
Cool!
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