The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research, now in all-pdf form. Get a subscription now for only $25 a year!Inventive yet under-publicized devicesby Marina Tsipis, Improbable Research staffHere ar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/03/06/Plucked-From-Obscurity-Inventions-to-Wake-a-Sleeper/Taras Kulakov, or the Crazy Russian Hacker, got a... ...azy Russian Hacker, got a hold of some newfangled alarm clocks that make getting out of bed an ordeal. You know,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/11/08/7-Weird-Alarm-Clocks-Put-to-the-Test/Jerry Lynn of Ross Township, Pennsylvania, had a g... ...ea that turned bizarre. He tied a battery-powered alarm clock to a string and lowered it through a vent into a... ...he should install a cable outlet for his TV. The alarm was set to go off in a few minutes, and he would... ...he plan seemed sound. Unti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/17/Alarm-Clock-in-Wall-Rings-Every-Day-for-13-Years/It's called the Pavlok. It's an alarm accessory that you control from a smartphone or t... ...brate. If that's not enough, it can also sound an alarm or even give you an electric shock. Brian Heater... ...in the morning, but until someone builds a smart alarm clock into a pupp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/06/07/Pavlov-Watch-Shocks-You-Awake/In 1932, Louise Thompson noticed that a small spid... ...n noticed that a small spider had gotten into her alarm clock . That wasn’t all that surprising, but she n... ...sion. Thompson and her husband kept an eye on the clock for days, thinking the spider would eventually gi... ...t thing you know, the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/18/The-Spider-in-the-Clock/Simone Giertz brought us the Toothbrush Machine an... ...and the Breakfast Robot. Her latest project is an alarm clock that literally slaps you in the face. What’...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/12/The-Slap-Happy-Wakeup-Machine/This is Ferrolic--a clock displays the time by manipulating magnetic fluids... ...e Eindhoven University of Technology designed the clock to be adjustable by the user:The software behind...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/18/What-Time-Do-You-See-in-the-Rorschach-Clock/Yep. It’s the morning. You have to get up. Y... ...But we all have to.Have you ever slept through an alarm clock going off? One common solution is to set a second... ...going off? One common solution is to set a second alarm clock further away from your bed. This forces you to ge...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/How-to-Wake-Up-in-the-Morning/How do you want to start the day? The best answer... ...t's why the design firm Ideo developed the Lolzzz clock . When it's time to wake up, the clock physically rocks back and forth. The recorded lau... ...girl, plays. To make her laugh louder, tickle the clock 's belly butto...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/06/22/Ticklish-Alarm-Clock-Wakes-You-with-the-Sound-of-a-Childs-Laughter/(Jim Beaton)In the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror," Captain Kirk and several colleagues were accidentally transported to a mirror universe ruled by evil. The Enterprise was a ship of conquest, promotion within Starfle...
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