With classes back in session, students nationwide are attempting to pry themselves out of bed to little avail. But when it’s time to awaken, it’s best not to “abuse the snooze.”
Clocky, an alarm clock with functioning wheels, will ensure that you’re up and alert in time for that 8:30 a.m. class. Designed and created by M.I.T. graduate student Guari Nanda, Clocky is an alarm clock with a twist.
Knowing that students hit the snooze button over and over again with no intention of getting up, Nanda designed Clocky to roll off your nightstand and scamper away in order to force you to get out of bed to shut it off.
“It all started because I like my sleep,” said Nanda in an interview with CNBC. “I can never get out of bed on time and so for me, I just needed a physical way to drag me out of bed and Clocky was the first thing that came into my mind.”
If students find themselves hitting the snooze button more than once, Clocky will automatically trigger its wheels and roll off to a safe distance while emitting shrill alarm beeps that are reflective of R2-D2. Drowsy students can either rub the sleep out of their eyes and hunt Clocky to turn it off, or slam their pillow over their heads in an attempt to drown out the jarring cacophony.
“The idea is you never know where it’s going to go,” said Nanda in her interview. “You have to get out of bed and look for it and in that process you wake up.”
Users can set their single-use snooze time between 0-9 minutes. If users opt for no snooze preference, Clocky will automatically start rolling away immediately with no snooze-usage.
For folks who like the more conventional alarm clock style, users are able to disable Clocky’s wheels so that it remains stationary when it goes off. Due to its smaller size, Clocky is able to roll off heights of up to 3 feet, roll around freely on both wood and carpet, and comes in a variety of colors
Clocky is available in almond, chrome, raspberry and aqua. Students can order Clocky online at www.clocky.net for about $40, excluding shipping.
