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Can't Wake Up? Try a Puzzle!

Over the past year, I have come to believe that Americans are obsessed with the whole process of WAKING UP. The method and style of alarm clock issue … well, let me start at the beginning.

Back in May of this year, I broadcast a story on an innovative but really annoying alarm clock called Clocky! If you didn’t see my piece – it’s a clock that looks like a giant dog bone – and when you hit the snooze button it jumps from your night-stand and rolls around your room, making funny/cute sounds along the way. It’s kind of like a skittish cat because you have to search for it all around the room in order to turn it off.

One of my viewers wrote that she bought it after watching the piece and after a week was set to either throw it out the window or put it up on eBay.

After a barrage of emails the following week – one of my gadget sources told me about the Glo Pillow. I reported this story in May … six moths later the Glo Pillow was named one of Time Magazine’s gadgets of the year! Anyway, the Glo Pillow provides the comforts of a regular pillow but also features a built-in soft LED light that gently awakens the oh-so-sensitive sleeper by slowly increasing its brightness over 40 minutes … mimicking a perfect sunrise in the Caribbean. Apparently using the light rather than sound to wake encourages the body to establish a healthy sleep rhythm and makes the day more productive and stress free. The pillow is charged by induction and is wireless, which allows it to move freely about the bed. The ethos of this gadget? Think gentle, soothing – calming.

Three adjectives that would not describe the gadget in my report today! Bim Bam Banana s Puzzle Alarm Clock wakes you up by firing four puzzle pieces up in the air and then honks incessantly until those four pieces are put back into place – on top of the clock. Yes, you must complete a jigsaw puzzle to deactivate the alarm. No cord to cut, since its battery operated.

After pondering to what great lengths people will go … to actually wake up and get out of bed? I decided to survey a group of friends enjoying dinner at a local Italian restaurant down here in Boca Raton called Mario’s and listen to what they had to say about what gets THEM out of bed. Watch Tuesday for the whole story and our man-on-the-street interviews.

I myself – I wake up to my blackberry which I put in my bed somewhere under the covers – so when it goes off – I have to kind of dig around and find it. It works for me, but then again I sleep alone.

If you’re interested in purchasing the Puzzle Alarm Clock, you’ll pay $52 for the privilege of waking up to that kind of chaos!

posted by J.P. @ 8:16 PM