CNet is reporting on some .
One of them measures how deeply asleep you are, and gives an appropriate alarm depending on the level of sleep (i.e. light sleep might equal a chirp, whereas a heavy sleep might require a fire engine).
As a chronic oversleeper who has been known to turn off alarm clocks without even waking up, this news interests me.
The second model is a clock with wheels that will roll away out of reach before you can hit the snooze button again. Far too easily thwarted by positioning it parallel to your bed, but a creative idea nonetheless.
Next thing you know they’ll have the “Tim’s Mom Alarm Clock” which will ring one of those amazingly piercing red counter-top bells (most often seen next to a sign “Ring bell for attendant”), with a backup plan of a Dixie cup full of cold water.
Hrm. I couldn’t find a picture of the kind of bell I’m talking about. Searching for images online is still fairly limited.