Alarm Hacks

Alarm Clock Shreds Cash if you don't Wake Up

Need a little motivation to get up in the morning? I bet an alarm clock which shreds your money would motivate you to get out of bed. Insert money the night before and, if you wish to sleep in, face the consequences: it WILL shred your money! ...

DIY Rocket-Powered Ice Fishing!

When people think of ice fishing, they think of sitting out in the freezing weather for hours, waiting without guarantee for a fish. But not for this DIYer! He rigged up an system which launches a rocket when a fish pulls on the hook. Check...

Alarm Clock Syncs to Google Calendar, Weather, & Traffic Reports

The Dynamically Programmable Alarm Clock makes your standard alarm clock look like it's an antique. The smart alarm clock integrates with Google Calendar over Wi-Fi and sets alarms based on the schedules noted in Google Calendar. It also...

Arduino Based LED Alarm Clock

Making an accurate microcontroller clock can be a little tricky but you can learn how it's down by building your own Arduino alarm clock using LED Matrices and a coffee can housing. All of the electronics are based on Wisedino (Arduino with timing...

Ridiculous Giant Pneumatic Alarm Clock

Although you have to laugh at the absurd demo vid above, you still have to admire the great engineering work. The pneumatic bed shaking alarm clock is for the deepest sleepers you know. The contraption works by an air fed valve from two...

Punch to Snooze Alarm Clock

In this project, we will bypass the mechanical snooze switch on top, and instead turn the alarm clock off in a much more fun way: punching it! Hopefully along the way I will be able to teach you some techniques that are useful in reverse...

Hard to wake up? Build a water gun alarm clock

I am a very deep sleeper. I find it extremely hard to wake up in the mornings. I have a special morning ritual that I have been doing for some time that helps me out. I used to set my alarm to go off about an hour before I really have to get up. So...