led pillow clock wakes with light, not sound
April 23rd, 2008 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
Who among us really likes being awakened from a deep slumber by a jarring alarm buzzer? Sure, you could get yourself a clock radio or MP3 alarm clock and play some Enya or Kenny G to ease into the day, but who really wants to listen to that? This concept for a visual alarm clock could very well revolutionize the way we wake up.
This simple, yet brilliant pillow alarm clock is designed to gently wake you by exposing your eyes to a glowing cloud of illumination, gradually increasing in brightness over a 40 minute period. Created by Ian Walton of embryo, in collaboration with Eoin McNally, the glo Pillow uses a cutting-edge LED fabric substrate below the pillow’s surface to work its magic.
Once you’ve been roused from your sleep, just lift your head, and the pillow displays the current time using an easy-to-read dot-matrix display that lives beneath the pillow case. The design also incorporates convenient controls built into a soft flap on the side of the pillow.
At this point, the glo Pillow is only a concept design, but I’m hoping that embryo eventually manages to gear up production for these.
[via IDasia]
filed under: design timepieces
April 23rd, 2008 comments (8): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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i am willing to sell this production in Turkey, could you please give detailed information, export prices and delivery to presen it inTurkey. I am located at Mediterranean side and hundreds of hotels will interest in this product. By your product and good price support i believe it would be very good business for both part.
Regards
Meral
I would like to sell this product in Turkey,please give detailled inf,export price and delivery to preseny in turkey.
Living in central anatolia hotels will be interested in this product.Wait your early reply.Thank you.
I wanna know how the electronics are arranged within the pillow. In high school, for an engineering class, i’m trying to make a pillow alarm clock that uses flat speakers. No light, but speakers. But I’m hitting such a wall that I cannot effectively arrange the electronics inside the fluff.
Any help would be appreciated.
Actually, reply to this comment so that I can get the e-mail notification.
were do you buy them?
Hi could you please tell me where to purchase the LED pillow and how much it costs
hi. i was wondering if you knew where i could buy one of these. i like the idea of the light gently waking you up instead of an annoying sound that peeps constantly in you’re ear. great idea(:
Unfortunately, I don’t think these ever made it out of the concept phase. I’ve found some other LED pillows, but they’re just for display, and not functional as clocks.
On the other hand, you could check out these odd vibrating alarm pillows: http://technabob.com/blog/2009/01/01/buzz-zzz-vibrating-pillows/ But I’m not sure if that’s as gentle of a way to wake up.