Alarm Clocks

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1. 10 / 12 / 2011 Alarm Clocks. How Do They Work? by Mike Danko
2. Presenter Mike Danko
3. FACTS ✤ Clocks, they keep time ✤ Some have alarms on them. ✤ Some alarm clocks have buzzers, radios, and other, different methods of making noise. ✤ There are alarms for the deaf that have flashing lights or vibrating devices.
4. History of Alarm Clocks ✤ Plato was said to possess a large water clock with an unspecified alarm signal similar to the sound of a water organ. ✤ Churches are essentially giant alarm clocks. They started that annoyance in the 14th century. ✤ The first alarm clock was patented by Seth E. Thomas in 1876. Jerk. ✤ A shortage of alarm clocks in World War II left people not deployed sleeping in.
6. Snooze? ✤ A large button on the top of some clocks that stops the alarm and sets it to ring a short time later. ✤ Often this is 9 minutes, the largest single digit number. It simplifies the logic circuitry in the clock. ✤ I use this a lot.
7. A Bullshit Chart. Alarm Clock Annual Sales Figures for Regions One and Two 0 25 50 75 100 2007 2008 2009 2010 Region 1 Region 2
8. Alarm Clock Types According to Effectiveness ✤ Children ✤ Roosters ✤ Digital with Battery Backup ✤ Wind-up ✤ Others.
9. THE FUTURE ✤ Progressive Timing Lucid Behavioral Models ✤ REM Control Sleep Medication ✤ Structural Light Therapy Zones ✤ EEG Based Wake Patterns ✤ External Stimulus Feedback Design
10. Just kidding. That’s all made up.
11. Questions? Feedback?