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[ Victoria Kozlova ]   Created: 5/8/09   Close date: 5/31/09
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Sound Off

The Problem Addressed

Pretty often, of two (or more) people sharing bed or room, one has to get up earlier. Standard sound-based alarm clocks wake up everybody. A silent alarm clock would wake up the early riser only.

Two Key Features of the Silent Alarm Clock

1. Bluetooth Vibrating Wrist Band: the alarm clock would have a bluetooth vibrating wrist band (see an example)

2. Focused Light Beam: the alarm clock would to turn a focused light beam on.

Any other solutions?:-)

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Modification
[ Elena Dobrynchenko ] 5/26/09
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Total rating: 9.125

Water SprayerA focused timer-operated water sprayer would be a great silent alarm clock.  The alarm clock would push the button of an electronically operated water sprayer.

The main advantage of this solution is that it's more effective than a sound- or light-based alarm clock that you can switch of and keep sleeping. The water sprayer make the pillow wet and thus unpleasant to sleep on.

 
Modification
[ Ravi Bindra ] 5/8/09

Huge Inflatable Pillow A deflated inflatable pillow can be put under the main pillow, beneath the bed sheet. Just before the wake-up time, a timed air-pump would start inflating it, thus making further sleeping uncomfortable.

PS: A similar silent alarm clock can be provided to the passangers by conductors in Japanese railroads.

 
Tree of discussion
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Water Sprayer as a Silent Alarm Clock
humorous Elena Dobrynchenko 9.13 5/26/09
Timer-operated Inflatable Pillow
  Ravi Bindra 7.67 5/8/09
Silent Alarm Clock: Vibrating Wireless Rubber Ring
  Dragan Dejkovic 5/8/09
Alarm with Bed Shaker
  Anchali Hyapha 5/8/09
Invisible Clock
  Blob Varchar 5/8/09
Shake Awake - a silent vibrating alarm clock
  Vadim Stebakov 5/20/09
Pretty Interesting Discussion Found
humorous Elena Dobrynchenko 5/8/09
Silent alarm clock with vibrating wristband: a Patent
  Vadim Kotelnikov 5/8/09
Another US Patent: Silent Alarm Clock
  Vadim Kotelnikov 5/20/09
Vibrating Alarm Clocks Designed for the Deaf
  Ravi Bindra 5/8/09
The First Silent Alarm Clock Invented by Leaonardo da Vinci
humorous Victoria Kozlova 5/8/09
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