Jun 19 2007The Carpet Alarm Clock
Designers Sofie Collin and Gustav Lanber have developed The Carpet Alarm Clock, which forces you to get up and step on it in order to turn it off. Which sounds pretty good in theory, but you'd just end up walking back to your bed and falling asleep. What they really need to do is develop an alarm clock that just lights you on fire in the morning.
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Reader Comments
1. ben - June 19, 2007 1:55 PM
First?
And lame? I think yes.
2. BrachiosaurusDad - June 19, 2007 1:57 PM
Dear Diary, I don't think this has the saucy factor people need in the morning. Flames on the other hand would really get the a.m. party started.
3. vªnman - June 19, 2007 2:00 PM
Well, gee, absolutely no way to outsmart this alarm clock, hyuk, unless it merely needs weight to be applied to disable it.
4. jillybean - June 19, 2007 2:14 PM
Doesn't even come close to the alarm clock that hides from you.
5. SpeedRacer - June 19, 2007 2:34 PM
Why is it that 1 out of every 4 articles on this site are about a new clock someone invented??? Who f***ing cares???
6. Diablo - June 19, 2007 2:50 PM
Im in ur clockz changin ur wakey-up timez.
7. Joe Mamma - June 19, 2007 3:09 PM
This would work real well until my cat comes and scratches the crap out of which would probably end up electrocuting it. Or my dog piss on it shorting it out which starts a fire. Hey then I wake up on fire. Ta-Da!
8. Andy - June 19, 2007 3:35 PM
Wow, this looks preatty cool.
9. Amy - June 19, 2007 4:25 PM
Unless you have a boxspring only and then you can just punch it. Amy's a genius.
10. Je ne sais quoi - June 19, 2007 5:45 PM
i agree with jillybean...the one that runs away from you is way better :)
11. Brownian - June 19, 2007 6:43 PM
Stupid idiots!
There's no such time as 2:80!
12. Smoke - June 19, 2007 7:27 PM
Well there is now Brownian. You just invented it.
13. em - June 20, 2007 3:13 AM
i wish geekologie would stop posting clocks. let's hear about something different.
14. Steve Jobs - June 20, 2007 12:36 PM
Brownian - Did you ever consider that from the man on the bed's perspective, it says 8:20?
15. vªnman - June 20, 2007 12:39 PM
Yes Brownian, you must think of perspective if you want any of your ludicrous quips to be taken seriously.Duh.
16. Steve Jobs - June 20, 2007 1:10 PM
Also I am a complete idiot and has no concept of sarcasm.
17. Gert - June 20, 2007 6:30 PM
If you put this alarm clock in front of the bathroom mirror and it was loud enough, that would force you to get up and go to the bathroom, at which point I would go back to bed. But I think many would at that point start shaving or something
18. Mr. Poland - June 21, 2007 1:27 AM
Oh! Better idea: have several small patches in the mat that disable the alarm that change at random every morning, so that you're forced to try and find where the "off" thing is.. and after violently stomping all over it, you're bound to be awake.
Just a thought.
19. April - June 21, 2007 2:06 AM
#14 Rot(carpetalarmclock)lmao
My alarm clock is all the way across the room and I still just get, up turn it off, and go back to sleep.
20. JESUS - June 27, 2007 5:01 AM
I NEED LOCATION WHERE FABRIC PRODUCT
21. Karen - June 27, 2007 7:04 AM
Hello Jesús! I'm Karen, could you tell me if you found the product and where?
Te lo pongo en inglés por si acaso, aunque como creo que eres español te lo escrbibo tb...has encontrado el producto?Me podrías decir dónde, por favor?
22. A - December 17, 2007 6:23 AM
where can I purchase this clock???
email me at newecono@live.ca
23. Carpet Guy - January 24, 2008 2:26 AM
I like it, but is it waterproof for cleaning purposes?