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  Alarm clock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A classical analog alarm clock has an extra "hand" that is used to specify the time at which to activate the alarm.
In a mechanical bell-style alarm clock, a spring drives a gear that propels a clacker back and forth between two bells or between the sides inside a single bell.
Modern digital alarm clocks typically feature a radio alarm function as well as a beeping or buzzing alarm, allowing a sleeper to awaken to music or news radio rather than harsh noise.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alarm_clock   (592 words)

  
 Strawberry Alarm Clock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strawberry Alarm Clock was a one-hit wonder psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, known for their 1967 hit "Incense and Peppermints".
The Strawberry Alarm Clock made two notable appearances in films, first in the 1968 Jack Nicholson movie Psych-Out, where they played several songs, including "Incense and Peppermints", "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow", and "The Pretty Song From Psych-Out", and then in the 1970 Russ Meyer camp classic Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
Several members of Strawberry Alarm Clock reunited in the 1980s to perform on oldies concert tours.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strawberry_Alarm_Clock   (320 words)

  
 Alarm Clock Program: Alarm Master. This PIM includes alarm clock, scheduler and timer. Skins, AVI, MP3, MPG.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Alarm Master Plus is the same as Alarm Master but it is based on the new Microsoft Graphics Plus technology and uses anti-aliasing and transparency drawing.
The alarm clock can remind you about important events by playing your favorite music or video (MP3, MPG, AVI, etc.), showing and talking a notification message, opening a document, or starting the program you like.
Alarm clock mode allows to set alarm for the current day or any forthcoming date.
brigsoft.com /alarm-clock   (854 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Hotels dumb down alarm clocks for weary guests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Responding to guests confused by the numerous unexplained buttons on their alarm clocks, hotel companies are introducing simpler models designed to be more user-friendly.
Some clocks didn't work or blared in the wee hours of the morning as set by previous guests.
Hotels are replacing their current alarm clocks, featuring numerous buttons and knobs, with simpler ones.
usatoday.com /tech/products/gear/2005-08-14-alarm-clocks_x.htm?csp=34   (628 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Technology | Smart alarm clock lets you lie in
A smart alarm clock that will allow you a lie-in or wake you up early depending on traffic conditions has been invented by researchers at Brunel University in southern England.
The Rise alarm clock has in-built internet access and can be connected to the web via a normal telephone line.
The clock retrieves relevant traffic information from across the web based on data the users have given it, such as where they live, where they need to travel to and what time they need to arrive.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/2269144.stm   (298 words)

  
 PC Alarm Clock Pro. Computer Alarm Clock Software for Window!
Alarm can also be set to suspend/hibernate/off monitor/start screen saver when it automatically close after playing music.
Alarm relevant only on working weekdays will not be activated during weekends...you can wake up later.
Alarm Clock sound can either be one sound/music or a play list of songs.
www.aquariussoft.com /pc-alarm-clock   (1091 words)

  
 MIT Media Laboratoy: Press Images - Clocky
When the alarm clock goes off and the snooze button is pressed, Clocky will fall off of the bedside table and wheel away, bumping mindlessly into objects on the floor until he eventually finds a spot to rest.
Having the alarm clock hide from me was just the most obvious way I could think of to get out of bed.
Current alarm clocks are obnoxious, stressful devices that don't do their intended job very well.
www.media.mit.edu /press/clocky   (531 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Oregon Scientific RM313PA/B ExactSet Fixed Projection Alarm Clock, Blue: Outdoor Living   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
From those signals, the 5-1/4-by-4-1/2-inch clock (2-1/2 inches thick) not only shows the precise time, but also displays the date and day, with automatic adjustment for daylight-saving time and leap year, according to the North American time zone for which the clock is set.
If the clock is in battery mode (two AA batteries required but not included), pressing the clock's snooze bar will beam the time onto the ceiling for five seconds--and also backlight the LCD screen.
If the clock is plugged into a wall socket with an AC adapter (included), the projection and backlighting will be available either for five seconds with the snooze bar or continuously if a continuous-beam control is set.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005B0BE?v=glance   (1804 words)

  
 Alarm Clock 2.2.5 – Mac OS X – VersionTracker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Right now, after setting up the alarm, it is very easy to click the red button and the alarm is lost, while one may believe that it is actually on.
Other alarm clocks, such as "Awaken", have the red finder button disabled and instead rely on the alarm's own Save and Cancel buttons.
I've tried a few other little alarm clock apps, but this one has been the most consistant with actually going off.
www.versiontracker.com /dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28932   (459 words)

  
 Talking Alarm Clock
An alarm can be set to go off once, daily, weekly, monthly or annually, with very flexible scheduling.
Talking Alarm Clock's windows are easy on the eye, with soft colors and gentle transitions.
Agent, the alarm clock will still work, but there will be no "talking".
www.cinnamonsoftware.com /alarm_clock.htm   (819 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "Inside a Wind-up Alarm Clock"
Wind-up alarm clocks have been around a long time, but they are still fun to explore.
This clock (like most table clocks and wrist watches) uses an oscillating wheel in place of a pendulum.
The spring on the left is for the alarm, which has its own gear train and escapement.
www.howstuffworks.com /inside-clock.htm   (270 words)

  
 Progression Wake Up Clock at Hammacher Schlemmer
More gentle than the jarring noise of traditional alarms, this clock uses a gradual increase in ambient light, stimulating aromas, and peaceful sounds from nature to awaken sleepers.
Fifteen minutes before wake up time, the clocks speaker generates the sleepers choice of soft, yet lively nature sounds, and at the set wake up time a buzzer sounds to finish the cycle.
The clock can also be set to operate in reverse, gradually diminishing light, scent, and sound at night to usher sleepers into a relaxed slumber.
www.hammacher.com /publish/70460.asp   (340 words)

  
 Sunrise Alarm Clock - Soleil Sun Alarm Clock
The Sun Alarm presents a pleasant alternative to noise-based waking found with traditional alarm clocks.
The Sun Alarm is particularly effective during fall and winter months when daylight is shortest and the body is exposed to the least amount of natural light.
The Sun Alarm™ is equipped with a 9V battery backup system and a security feature that activates the lamp at random intervals to deter intruders.
www.toolsforwellness.com /62074.html   (701 words)

  
 Clocky Alarm Clock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Clocky™ (patent pending) is an alarm clock that runs away and hides if you don't get out of bed on time.
The alarm sounds, you press the snooze, and Clocky will roll off of the bedside table, fall to the floor, and wheel away, bumping mindlessly into objects until he finds a spot to rest.
Clocky alarm clocks were designed to reinterpret the common alarm clock into something that is not stressful and obnoxious but amusing and a better fit between humans and technology.
www.clocky.net   (575 words)

  
 Wake up News - Computer Alarm Clock, MP3 Alarm Clock + Online Newspapers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It can be used simply as an alarm clock but, you can also select a couple of newspapers and Wake up News will automatically connect to the Internet (if not on apermanent connection) using your regular Internet connection and load the newspapers you asked for.
This alarm clock and reminder software comes with some preset alarm clock sounds but you can also have it play your own MP3 files (media player required).
Wake up News computer alarm clock development was started in 1999 by Eric Bernatchez, a freelance journalist who wanted to read his newspapers online in order to save hundreds in newspaper subscribtion fees annually and avoid having to cope with tons of papers to recycle.
www.wakeupnews.com   (381 words)

  
 NES Alarm Clock
I mean, basically he took an alarm clock and replaced the case with a busted NES's case.
I think you could just remove the plastic covering of the alarm clock and then drill a hole for the cord out the backend and just tape the alarm clock components inside.
Having a Nintendo alarm clock would be cool, I'd need to follow a different article though.
digg.com /mods/NES_Alarm_Clock   (1194 words)

  
 Sonic Boom Alarm Clock
Clock also has two switches one allowing user to switch from 50Hz 110 volts to 60Hz 220 volts.
Alarm Clock is a unique clock that is guaranteed to wake up even the heaviest sleepers.
When the alarm goes off, the user can select to wake up to any combination of loud pulsating audio alarm, flashing lights, or shaking bed (vibrator sold separately).
www.sonicalert.com /htm/clock.htm   (893 words)

  
 Citrus Alarm Clock - ornj.net
Citrus is a free software alarm clock, and the result of many missed busses.
Citrus Alarm Clock requires either Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP or higher plus an installed media player of your choice.
Citrus Alarm Clock was created by me, Mark (a graduate student), in my spare time.
www.ornj.net /citrus   (153 words)

  
 Qtopia Alarm Clock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Qtopia Alarm Clock, as the name implies, is an alarm clock for PDAs running the Qtopia Palmtop Environment (QPE).
Qtopia Alarm Clock has been tested on the Sharp Zaurus SL-5000, and should be compatible with all 5000-series Zaurus models.
Qtopia Alarm Clock may be used, modified or redistributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later.
qpealarmclock.sourceforge.net   (149 words)

  
 Computer Alarm Clock Software - Download this program for free.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Alarm frequency can be set as hourly, dayly, weekly, monthly, yearly or a specific day.
MP3 Alarm Clock is a fantastic alarm and schedule program that can be accessed from your system tray.
An audible and visual alarm signals you of a preset task or event.
www.wisecoder.com /mp3alarmclock.htm   (207 words)

  
 BetaNews | MIT Builds Alarm Clock That Hides   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Research associate Gauri Nanda has created an alarm clock, called "Clocky," that drives off a bedside table and hides as soon as the snooze button is pressed.
Nanda notes that Clocky does not solve all of the problems associated with alarm clocks, such as waking up a person in the next room, but thinks one day it could.
She was like "oh, yah, the alarm clock that runs away from you.
www.betanews.com /article/MIT_Builds_Alarm_Clock_That_Hides/1111767858   (1135 words)

  
 ThinkGeek :: Neverlate 7-day Alarm Clock
The Neverlate 7-day Alarm clock is perfect for those of us who are, if you’ll pardon the pun, tired of oversleeping.
As its name implies, it has seven alarms, one for each day of the week.
Setting each daily alarm is as easy as oversleeping.
www.thinkgeek.com /cubegoodies/lights/788e   (315 words)

  
 NES Alarm Clock
I secured all the components inside the console, glued the speaker to the inside of the top where the air vents are, and cut a little faceplate to mount the LED display in out of fl plastic (from a VHS case).
I wired the Player 1 controller port to wires on the clock that would allow me to set the clock from the outside with a rewired paddle, should I ever get around to making it.
The finished product's time, alarm time and other parameters have to be set by manually shorting Player 1 controller input contacts with wire jumpers.
www.mavrinac.com /projects/nesclock   (513 words)

  
 IGN: Nintendo DS Feature a Day
As we have already reported as far back as the system's debut at E3, The Nintendo DS hardware has a built-in clock and calendar that must be set immediately after the system has been turned on for the first time.
When the Nintendo DS' alarm goes off at the set time, the noise the system emits as its alarm is a basic "watch style" beep that begins quietly, but gets increasingly louder as time continues.
To turn off the alarm, it's a simple matter of hitting any button (other than L or R) or tapping the touch screen.
ds.ign.com /articles/564/564819p1.html   (427 words)

  
 Free alarm clock application for SmartPhone OS
Free alarm clock application for SmartPhone OS Free alarm clock application for SmartPhone OS First download the zip file:
*) When "Activate Alarm" checkbox is checked the alarm is set - all you have to to is wait for the alarm.
*) The alarm is basically a WAV player - so be sure your volume is not to low (use the volume dial).
www.geocities.com /lior_e72   (218 words)

  
 Blowfly by Ena Macana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The alarm clock blowfly works like a "blowfly" that at the desire time it escapes from a cage in your room.
This alarm would be great I would buy it if they sold it at Wal-Mart.
All I do with my alarm clock when it goes off in the morning is throw it across the room.
www.yankodesign.com /product_info.php?products_id=641   (479 words)

  
 > ALARM CLOCK
Alarm Clocks for home, work or when you travel.
Travel and Staying on Task is made easier with an e-pill Alarm Clock, Alarm Timer or Alarm Watch.
Alarm Clocks and Reminder Watches improve patient compliance: Never forget to take your medications again!
www.epill.com /alarmclock.html   (160 words)

  
 Zen Alarm Clocks - Ying Communications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This beautiful Zen Alarm Clock in Honey Wood finish wakes you with a gradually increasing series of Tibetan bell-like chimes.
When the Clock's alarm is triggered, the alloy chime strikes just once, reverberating for nearly a minute...3 1/2 minutes later, it strikes again...chime strikes become more frequent over 10 minutes, eventually striking every 4 seconds until shut off.
Used as an alarm clock, its gradually-increasing chime progression sequence begins your day with grace and beauty.
www.easycart.net /ecarts/yingcomm/Alarm_Clocks.html   (615 words)

  
 Tucows Downloads - Alarm Clock Pro 7.6.2 Shareware Software
In addition, this computer alarm clock can also automatically compose or send e-mail messages and perform shell commands.
This alarm clock plays iTunes, speaks the local weather, speaks the...
Alarm Clock S.E. This alarm clock includes a calendar, a scheduling system and an event...
www.tucows.com /preview/266090   (317 words)

  
 Alarm Clock - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
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