See The Alarm Clocks That Shock You, Make You Do Math and Take Your Money: Product designers are coming up with ways to rouse deep sleepers that border on diabolical; ‘six or seven on the pain scale’ by Joe Pinsker of The WSJ.
Odysseus tying himself to the mast was also a commitment device. That way he could hear the songs of the Sirens without being tempted by them. It was a way of making sure his future self would do what his present self wanted him to do. Same with alarm clocks. At night you want your morning self to get up on time. So you commit to a device that will do that before you go to sleep.
Excerpts from the article:
"Michelle Rodriguez starts every morning with a shock of about 300 volts to her right wrist.
The 35-year-old in Germantown, Md., wanted a more aggressive alarm clock after sleeping through an important meeting. She now reliably gets up with the jolt from a wristwatchlike device called the Pavlok Shock Clock." It "allows wearers to set the intensity"
"Waking up on time is no fun, but some people swear they simply can’t do it"
"Product designers are hatching new ways to rouse them that border on diabolical."
There is an app where you have to "scan the bar code on a shampoo bottle"
If you don't "within three minutes, the app charges" you money.
Then there is Alarmy "which has . . . users complete “missions” such as doing squats, shaking their phone or typing out motivational quotes before it stops sounding."
"Demand for alarm clocks took off in the late 19th century and early models were named the Rattler, the Slumber Stopper and the Tornado."
"The Westclox Siesta was advertised in the 1930s as having a second, “more insistent” alarm that went off 10 minutes after the first"
"Clocky, a wheeled device that made its debut about 20 years ago, hops off a bedside table and beeps as it zooms around the room." (This device is mentioned in my post linked below "How Odysseus Started The Industrial Revolution").
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