Tuesday, 18 June 2013

New alarm clock shreds your money if you don’t wake up in time

If you struggle to get up in the morning when your alarm clock goes off then a new device that shreds your money if you don’t stop the ringing may just be what you need.

The altered clock was crafted by Rich Olson, who said he combined a Sparkfun Clockit and a USB Paper Shredder to create the machine.

The novice US inventor then programmed the device to tear up a one dollar bill if you didn’t hit a button within a few seconds.

This sounds like a good idea initially but the more you think about it the worse it gets, the first big problem is that you need to hit the button within a few seconds, I don’t know if you can adjust it to give you more time but that doesn’t give you much of a chance.

Also if you were to buy one of these clocks you would need to put the money into it yourself, which is hardly practical.

If you’re someone who really struggles to get up in the morning you’re much better off with one of those alarm clocks that runs away and hides, that way you actually have to get out of bed and walk across the room rather than just rolling over and hitting a button, and you won’t lose any money in the process.

Mind you could end up being outsmarted by an alarm clock, so it’s not a totally fool-proof solution.  


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