Princess/Pea Alarm Clock: Inflation

No ordinary alarm clock: the Princess and the Pea Alarm Clock ("PPAC") leaves no room for snoozing, inflating a green "pea" between the mattress and box spring, making it impossible to stay in bed. In the tin can, a homemade Arduino-compatible board with clock and memory chips handles the alarm clock functions, and a power block under the night stand provides power and relays driving the sprinkler valve or other alarming alarm functions.

In this video, The Princess and the Pea Alarm Clock goes off, inflating the green exercise ball "pea."

Details on this project can be found at my Arduino blog:
http://jmsarduino.blogspot.com/search/label/ppac

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• PPAC
• alarm clock
• Arduino

[hawaiitcb]

yea that ough to wake you up, but then gain so will a regular alarm clock.

[jmsaltzman]

True! But waking up was never the problem-- getting out of bed has always been the problem for me.

[csselement]

Why is there not a person in the bed so we can see it in true action?

[jmsaltzman]

You can see me hit the floor in my other video. More to come!

[jonnymack77]

if it went off explosively like an airbag it would be better. lol

[onlinealarmclock]

This is genius!

[phoenixghon]

oh ya that looks safe. get high enough and then fall off and hit the night stand.

Princess pea alarm clock, helmet optional

now available at home depot

[blackjackcrossing]

then again having a compressor in your bedroom would work as an irregular alarm, blasting your ear drums in the middle of the night when it cycles on

[HiddenExpression]

Omg, I would totally buy this!

[dg1sek]

how cool!

[tarnvogL]

LOL xD nice idea :D

[rcalgar]

Such a fine line between clever and stupid. Caesar says.....wait for it.....clever.

Bravo

[lupischuckle]

That is dumb! Just get your lazy arses out of bed on your own! Ever heard of a little word called, motivation?

[dNatyb]

I could honestly use something like that!