Obviously I wanted to be able to use it, but even if I couldn't use the first prototypes, I wanted to meet certain goals: But I have to leave my phone right under me, or my pillow, otherwise I would miss the vibration.īut I liked the idea of using vibration as a method of waking up, and thus I came up with the idea to make the silent alarm clock which I can wear. Alarms on vibrate mode works well, since they are much gentler on my ears and head and wake me up over the span of a longer time. So I looked at alternate methods of waking up.
People sharing dorm with me, and especially roommates absolutely hate my alarm.If I lower the alarm volume, I automatically tune out the alarm noise after a while.
Loud alarms leave me with a headache, and a tendency to turn them off in my sleep the moment I hear it.For me alarms are absolutely necessary, because left to myself I would sleep over 12 hours before waking up.īut I have non-scientifically come to the following conclusions after years of relying on alarm clocks: Waking up is hard, especially as a college student who barely gets any sleep.
