My wife and me always argue about alarm clocks. She must wake up 30 minutes later than me, so my phone alarm, makes she crazy, because I wake up after 3-5 minutes ringing alarm. I asked my friends, most of them have the same problem. They say they would buy a product that wakes only selected person and doesnt disturb others. I thought about different ideas about that but non of them are perfect. ( wirelessly effecting to brain cells of a particular person, vibrating clocks on body etc.) what do you think, how could this problem be solved?
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#2How about a vibrating alarm clock
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-wake-up-with-vibratin...
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#3I think there are a few ways to wake up something without sound. You could do a little machine that poke you until you wake up, or throw a glass of water to your face (although it could miss it you move too much) or something like that.
Anyway, I think it is a good question and could get more answres in Reddit :D
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#4How about a vibrating alarm clock http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-wake-up-with-vibratin...
I tried to sleep with my watch to see if I would sleep with a vibrating watch if it would exist. I saw that it's very uncomfortable to sleep with a watch. And existing vibrating watches aree too expensive I think. Also vibrating gadgets make noise.
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#5Looks cheesy, but it might work:
http://www.sleepphones.com
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2260912/iSlee...
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#6Design an alarm pillow. Have it slowly escalate so that it wakes you with the minimum necessary signal.
If you're like me, you'll want it to be controlled wirelessly from across the room so that you have to get out of bed to actually turn it off.
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#7Looks cheesy, but it might work: http://www.sleepphones.com http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2260912/iSlee...
my 2c, It has to be plugged in and it has earphones. I don't think it's a good idea. What ist difference between this and normal earphones?!
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#8What about a sleep mask, that turns on some lights right in your eyes, of course soft light or make it gradually increase in intensity, but this may only work if you are a light sleeper and any stimuli wakes you up. I can also think of changing the temperature of the sleep mask, get it to be sufficiently hot or cold to wake you up.
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#9You could use something like this: http://www.fitbit.com/flex
Wraps around the wrist, and has an alarm that vibrates so that (theoretically) only you wake up.
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#10Put your phone alarm on vibrate and put it under your pillow, or in the pillow case if you thrash around in your sleep. the vibration won't travel far enough to disturb someone else, but it'll wake you up.