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The Tantrum Throwing Alarm Clock

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Woot! Another alarm clock to add to our collection. This one appeals to the kid in us all. When the ‘alarm’ goes off, this clock pounds its fists and opens its mouth to wake your sleeping *#$ up right away.

It starts off timidly, but if you don’t get to the snooze button quickly enough, then the ‘tantrum’ gets into full swing. Love it.

[via Coolest Gadgets]

Gimme!

Price: $49.95
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The Matrix Cube Alarm Clock

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ThinkGeek is helping us to keep our clock obsession going, with this matrix cube alarm clock. Each of the 3 cubes displays a pair of digits that is either the hour, minutes or seconds of the current time.

What’s cool is you can stack these blocks anyway you want. This clock even includes a snooze button. What more do you want?

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Price: $34.99
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Screaming Meanie 220 Alarm Clock

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Screaming Meanie 220

I can remember when I used to live at home with my parents in high school. I was blessed to be one of those people who could fall asleep easily. Unfortunately, I was cursed when it came to waking up. My mother would hear the alarm clock going off, but a lot of the time, it either took me several minutes to be awoken from the noise, or I wouldn’t wake up at all and she would have to come in there and jostle me around. The Screaming Meanie 220 is for people like me, the geeks who just can’t wake up!

This cool looking alarm clock has three different volume settings on it. The lowest is 70 decibels which is like an average alarm clock. The medium level is bumped up to 95 decibels. That level is said to wake up most heavy sleepers. The highest volume level it will go to is 120 decibels. This is horribly loud and can be heard up to a mile away. Just imagining that level next to my bed makes me think that you probably won’t just hear it, you might feel it too. Whether you are a heavy sleeper or hard of hearing, this alarm clock should work for you!

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Price: $28.95
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Voice Controlled Alarm Clock understands 10 spoken commands

Gizmo of the Day, Home Automation, Miscellaneous / By /

Ok, we admit it – we have an obsession with alarm clocks. What we’d really like to see is a build-your-own-alarm-clock store. Honestly, if that existed, I’d easily spend $200-$300 on my dream alarm clock. What? 😉

Anyway, here’s a nice clean looking alarm clock that understands 10 spoken voice commands including the ability to set the time, the alarm, and of course SNOOZE! This blue-backlit clock also has a temperature sensor and can tell you if you’re at your perfect sleeping temp.

Plug it into the wall or put in 3 AAA batteries.

Gimme!

Price: $49.95
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Review: aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock – wakes you at the optimal point in your sleep cycle

Gizmo of the Day, Recommended, Reviews, Sports, Health & Fitness, Outdoors / By /

axbo sleep phaseFollowing up on the heels of the SleepTracker is a sleek, gorgeously designed alarm clock from European company, aXbo, that uses an accompanying wristband to track your body’s movements throughout your sleep.

Based on those movements, it can determine where you are in your sleep cycle. Research has shown that there is an optimum point in your sleep cycle to awaken to feel refreshed.

Set your aXbo Sleep Phase Alarm Clock for the latest time that you wish to awake. It will start looking for your optimal waking point 30 minutes prior to that and will sound an alarm, which include some more gentle nature sounds.

Having tried the aXbo, there is no question that it finds a better point in time to awaken. Is it extremely accurate? That’s hard to tell based only on how refreshed you feel, because how well you sleep and how energetic you feel depends on many factors outside of just your ideal wake time.

The aXbo has a unique, yet easy to use interface and the buttons have an ideal feel to them. It’s easy to get lost in the semi-transparent display as well. aXbo recharges via USB or the included adapter.

Buy now!

More info from the manufacturer
Price: $349.99
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