Back in the good old days, people didn’t have the luxury of easily buying a radio due to cost. Also unlike today, the manufacturers were not as rampant. But thanks to some courses, people were able to come up with radios on their own, assembling them using discarded wood and putting their electronic engineering to good use just to be able to listen to news and/or music.

Today this may be a rarity but for some people, the practice lives on. And such has produced this Steampunk Cigar Box Digital Alarm clock with a lamp as well, all made from repurposed materials, including a cigar box. Other features include a 40W bulb which are controlled by a full-range center-mounted dimmer control, allowing you to use this as either a soft night-time reading lamp or a nightlight at your bedside.

The digital alarm clock is embedded and are operated by controls you will find on top of it. The clock controls are acorn nuts, used to set the time/alarm minutes and seconds, and a toggle switch to enable/disable the alarm. Instructions for use come with the piece.

The Steampunk Cigar Box Digital Alarm Clock with Lamp is available over at Etsy for about $100.

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Here is another complex alarm clock for you. Aside from the usual alarms, the Oregon Scientific Weather Forecasting Projection Clock helps tell you the weather for the next 12 to 24 hours. It even comes with a neat projection feature which displays the outdoor temperature, the time and the alarm status on the ceiling.

The projected image can be rotated 180 degrees and can be adjusted in focus as needed. It has a crescendo alarm that gradually increases and comes with a wireless remote sensor that collects the weather data. It has a color LCD to display time, alarm, temperature and forecasted weather condition. The controls on the LCD panel are touch sensitive.

The Oregon Scientific Weather Forecasting Projection Clock can run either via a 4.5V AC adapter or 3 AAA batteries. The remote sensor will likewise need an AA battery to function.

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If a person and their mate have trouble sleeping, help is on the way. It comes in the form of Lark Up, a revolutionary silent waking system that wakes up people silently and naturally. The whole setup requires an iPhone app as well as a small band that people have to wear around their wrist.

You set the iPhone app to the time you need to wake up and the app will transform your phone into a night time alarm clock. The band includes a small device and sensor with blue tooth technology that will vibrate at the time you are supposed to wake up.

Lark also promises a more relaxing emergence from a deep slumber. They can be pre-ordered using the code ‘tc2010′. The device is manufactured in China and will start shipping next year for $99.

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Give your child’s room an adorable time clock by his side which poses as an alarm clock and a learning tool. The Teach Me Time Alarm Clock features a dual-color nightlight that turns green when it is time to wake up. It likewise features an interactive talking time-teaching game that pre-schoolers will find handy when telling the time is concerned.

The Teach Me Time alarm clock can likewise be a reliable alarm clock for the older aged kids, coming with the snooze option when they need to get up from bed.

Teach me time! Comes with three interchangeable colored bezels (blue, pink and yellow), clock face display options (to show just the analog, just the digital clock or both at once), and adjustable volume and brightness settings

Price: $39.95

This is not available at Sleepzine.

(Source) Amazon

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Though the concept and design may be improved a bit, this compact design iron clock is something any person can do as far as having a sturdy little device in their room when the time comes for them to get up. As an iron, it sort of sways a little bit towards the female ideals although colors (if available) may change the whole complexion of its attractiveness.

This not only works as a iPod speaker, but it’s a radio and an alarm clock. The radio part isn’t all that shocking, since a lot of portable iPod speakers double as a radio. Since it also has the alarm clock function, it’d make a great travel alarm clock. Although, I’m not sure that it’d be great as an all the time alarm. I usually prefer my alarm to sit in one place on my nightstand. It runs on 2AA batteries and plugs into your iPod by plugging in the third and smaller prong on the plug of the iron. You can pick it up for $18.74.

(Source) Gizmo Diva

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