roomba https://scienceblogs.com/ en Roomba x Alarm Clock = Clocky https://scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/2009/06/23/roomba-x-alarm-clock-clocky <span>Roomba x Alarm Clock = Clocky</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><form mt:asset-id="14990" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/wp-content/blogs.dir/263/files/2012/04/i-26983db890058f5e376b0a5b14b0bf35-cococlocky1.jpg" alt="i-26983db890058f5e376b0a5b14b0bf35-cococlocky1.jpg" /></form> <p>Clocky sounds like R2D2 and looks kind of like an ATV's single-axled, pastel cub. In other words, it's really, really cute. Which is why when Clocky wakes you with its piercing warbles, crashes to your floor and rolls under your bed, you won't want to smash its little display with your fist. At least, we hope not! Click through for more details. </p> <!--more--><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/68dDT2EZX2Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/68dDT2EZX2Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><blockquote>Clocky is a clock for people who have trouble getting out of bed. When the snooze bar is pressed, Clocky rolls off the table and finds a hiding spot, a new one every day. Clocky began as a class project. After graduating, Gauri Nanda turned Clocky into a well-crafted manufacturable design. Clocky is now available at her company, Nanda. Visit nandahome.com.(<a href="http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~nanda/projects/clocky.html">source</a>)</blockquote> <p>Clocky is just another nifty design project I heard about today at the <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/2009/06/liveblogging_the_state_of_inno.php">State of Innovation Summit</a>. Seriously cool stuff.</p> <p><a href="http://www.clocky.net/products/clocky/"> Buy your very own Clocky at www.clocky.net</a>. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/bioephemera" lang="" about="/author/bioephemera" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bioephemera</a></span> <span>Tue, 06/23/2009 - 11:45</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/conspicuous-consumption" hreflang="en">Conspicuous consumption</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/design" hreflang="en">design</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/frivolity" hreflang="en">Frivolity</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/web-20-new-media-and-gadgets" hreflang="en">Web 2.0, New Media, and Gadgets</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/alarm" hreflang="en">alarm</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/clock" hreflang="en">clock</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/clocky" hreflang="en">clocky</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/creativity" hreflang="en">creativity</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/gift" hreflang="en">gift</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/home" hreflang="en">home</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/innovation" hreflang="en">innovation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/pet" hreflang="en">pet</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/robot" hreflang="en">robot</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/roomba" hreflang="en">roomba</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/technology" hreflang="en">Technology</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/design" hreflang="en">design</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2403719" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1245906946"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Amazing! That's exactly what my teenager needs - except for some reason I have the sinking suspicion that I would be the one who ended up chasing it down every morning.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2403719&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="1AL3BD7Y1MIOBzGUdnnRwKhxkNwx8yKC-qPaNUeDTEI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://LunasBaublebilities.blogspot.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Virginia Burnett (not verified)</a> on 25 Jun 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/32236/feed#comment-2403719">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/bioephemera/2009/06/23/roomba-x-alarm-clock-clocky%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:45:55 +0000 bioephemera 129518 at https://scienceblogs.com