Tetris Alarm Clock
What helps you get out from bed in the mornings? Does it have anything to do with that pet dog of you who slobbers all over your face, signalling that it is time to roll out of bed and be ready to meet a brand new day? Well, most folks would prefer the use of [...]
GOOD DAY FOR: Nostalgic sleepyheadsAn online retailer introduces an officially-licensed Tetris alarm clock that features falling bricks that form numbers when the hours and minutes change, as well as the ubiquitous video-game song as the alarm. Show More Summary
There’s nothing harder then getting out of bed in the morning. Maybe a Tetris inspired clock will help you wake up. This Tetris Alarm Clock will help you out. This homage to the classic Russian game features Tetrimino shaped buttons, 12/24 hour settings, snooze, backlight and the official Tetris theme music as an alarm. It’s [...]
Fall asleep counting Tetris blocks, wake up to Tetris music. (Credit: Firebox) You could wake up to the buzzing of an alarm clock. You could wake up to your smartphone's ringtone. Or you could wake up to the dulcet tones of the Tetris theme music. The Tetris alarm clock is officially licensed. Show More Summary
For those of you that need to Tetris-up your entire living space, you can now add in an alarm clock and light! They should go quite nicely with your Tetris-shaped furniture!
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It’s actually a genius idea – the Tetris theme greeting you every morning will get you to reach for your phone and start a game. By the time you’re done with a game...
We’ve featured a Tetris alarm clock before, but that was an unofficial build and was designed to compel users to wake up. The officially licensed Tetris… alarm clock on the other hand is more forgiving and focuses on fan service. You can’t actually play the game on it though.
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It took most of us well past the Game Boy's lifespan to finally get that amazingly addictive Tetris theme out of our heads. But if you miss it, you can re-kindle it—and all the frustrations you had with stacking tetrominoes—with this Tetris digital alarm clock. More »
“I say, mate, isn’t it time for a game of Tetris?” That would be a great line to say out loud, assuming your living room or office cubicle (during your lunch break, of course, otherwise I am quite sure those productivity-driven bosses and upper levels of management will not be too amused) carries this cute [...]
There are thousands of fancy alarm clock concepts around at the moment, from those that make crazy shrieking noises to those that force you to play tetris before they shut up.
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The snooze button seems like a brilliant idea, but in actual fact far too many people find themselves running very late because they've pressed it 3,493 times in a sleepy daze. The Tetris Alarm Clock aims to combat that problem by forcing...Show More Summary
Although this is undeniably a cool idea, it also seems to be an excellent way to ensure you eventually no longer like Tetris. Instructables user nolte 919 has devised a novel device to evade the siren call of the snooze button. Alarm avoidance due to hitting snooze can present a problem for some people, as [...]Show More Summary
Here’s our weekly quota for an unusual and complicated alarm clock, courtesy of Instructables member / Arduino enthusiast / geeky torturer Nolte919. His alarm clock requires the user to play a game of Tetris and clear not one, but four lines on the tiny screen before it turns off the alarm.…
Most alarm clocks simply play music or turn on the radio when it’s time to wake you up, but there’s a breed of alarm clock that’s much more sinister. This Tetris Alarm Clock is one of them. Instead of just going off, the clock sounds an alarm and then forces you play and clear a [...]
Battling the issue of pushover alarm clocks that simply give up attempting to wake their owners whenever said owners smash the snooze button, Instructables member nolte919 created an alarm clock that is not only persistant in attempting...Show More Summary
Oversleeping sucks, but we’ve all been there. Whether its a matter of hitting the snooze button a dozen times too many, or turning off the alarm and drifting back to sleep – sooner or later, you are going to wake up late. Instructables user [nolte919] has overslept a time or two in his life, and [...]