Wake up Alarm Clocks

Alarm clocks that will get you up in the morning.

These are some interesting concepts for alarm clocks. They are not available for purchase, although I'm sure each of them would have a market.

Carpet Alarm Clock

Carpet Alarm Clock designed by Sofie Collin & Gustav Lanberg is a small mat with some clever electronics. The design is simple: to turn the alarm off you need to step on to the carpet. ...Which requires you to get up from bed.

The carpet has a lcd clock. I guess it could easily have a scale too.

Source: GeekSugar.

The Glo Pillow

The Glo Pillow concept from 2007 resembles those gradually brightening wake-up lights. In this concept the light comes from the pillow. The pillow uses a LED fabric under the pillow cover, even capable of showing the time.

The light starts to brighten 40 minutes before the alarm, gently stimulating your brain to start up.

Source: talk2myShirt

Silence

Silence is a concept of Johan Brengesjö's. It's basically a rubber ring you wear at night. At morning, the ring will vibrate and gently wake you up.

A shake of hand will activate snoozing. However, each snooze requires a larger movement of your hand, eventually forcing you to wake up.

This design is very handy because the alarm won't wake up your spouse or the neighbors. Some of us require a 100dB alarm to come back from the feather islands, but a vibrating ring might also work.

The Silence Alarm Clock won a silver medal at IDEA '08 awards.