I laughed when I saw this alarm clock and read what it does.  After reading this article, you may decide to go ahead and buy Mr. Clocky, the ‘Mr.” is mine, I am assuming it is male, because… well just because. It is cute and definately serves a real ‘wake up’ purpose.

So you have a sleepyhead in your life and if you don’t wake up to get your dearest out of bed and moving he or she will be late for work and it will be your fault. WIth this clock there will be no more hitting the snooze button again and again. “Clocky” is the brainchild of an MIT graduate student, and if it works the way the site reads, you will have a bundle of fun rousing your dear sleepyhead. If he or she usually sets the alarm for 7 a.m., set it for 6:30 a.m., instead, then when the appointed hour arrives, Clocky, a very sleek robot-looking clock on wheels, rolls itself off the nightstand and onto the floor. That’s good, but what comes after is better.

Now here is the best part, it rolls and wanders around the room looking for a hiding place while emitting wake-up squeaking sounds. It is designed to find a new hiding place every day so that users won’t know where to look. The idea behind this annoying gadget is that it less trouble simply wake up and get moving, rather than searching for the alarm clock to shut it off.  Very funny and very much annoying, I am sure it does the job. Right now Clocky sells for about $60.

Incidently, the inventor of this ingenious item is a young woman.

http://www.nandahome.com