Think Big, especially when it comes to alarm clocks! Check out the uber-cool Giant White Alarm Clock from Rockett St George, which is available online for purchase. This funky looking clock has a retro vibe to it and measures  22cm in diameter. Created in white spray painted metal the alarm clock will make quite a style statement.

Giant White Alarm Clock

Alarm clocks may be our bane of existence, but they are indeed a necessary evil. Hence, it is essential to buy the perfect alarm clock.  which is tougher than it sounds, as  the market is rife with all sorts of alarm clocks. So if you want to separate the Good, from the Bad and the Ugly then head over to Zedomax and check out their cool mash up of “Top Five Real Cool Alarm Clocks”, here. Our personal favorite? The Power Socket Alarm Clock, pictured above.

List Of Real Cool Alarm Clocks

Maths rock! Okay maybe a slight exaggeration on my part but I am loving the Jumbo LED Binary Clock. Available on Think Geek for $49.99 after discount, the geeks will heart this clock. You can install it on  the wall or on your favorite flat surface, select BCD or pure binary mode, set the time, and you are good to go.
Features/Specs:
BCD or “True” binary display options, selectable by switch
12 hour and 24 hour display, selectable by switch
3 brightness levels
Wall mountable, or can be used tabletop with included brackets
Battery backup of time during power loss (uses 3 ‘AA’ batteries, not included)
Available in your choice of crystalline blue or bright red LEDs

Jumbo LED Binary Clock

The Jumping Alarm Clock

If you have an iOS device like the iPhone or the iPad, then the WakeMate may be a good buy for you. The device will monitor your sleeping patterns and wake you up accordingly. The WakeMate is a comfortable wristband  and measures dips and peaks in your sleep cycle. This data is then sent to your device to calculate the ideal wake time closest to your alarm setting. When you wake up, your night’s sleep data is automatically uploaded to Wakelytics™, our online analytics platform. For more information head over here.

The WakeMate Alarm Wristband For iOS Devices

In todays troubled times, bombs are very much part of our existence. This unfortunate truth cannot be changed  and has ALSO inspired Mike Krumpus of Nootropic Design. Krumpus has created the Defusable Clock which is shaped like  dynamite and even comes with a  detonation sequence with a scary countdown. So when it is time to wake up, just cut a random wire to diffuse it.

Bombastic Defusable Alarm Clock

I am not a morning person and the thought of interacting with a complete stranger puts me off completely. But different strokes for different folks. There is a new app in town and it ensures that you get wake-up calls from totally random strangers! The TalkO’Clock app will connect to a database of  available callers, call them up and then anonymously connect them to you! So each day you can get a new creative wake up call! For more information head over here.

The TalkO’Clock App Will Make Strangers Give You Wake Up Calls!

If you hate the rude cabbies that you encounter on a daily basis, then we have the perfect device for you that will help you vent out your feelings. The Shoot The Taxi alarm clock is one of the coolest alarm clocks out there and will make for a great novelty gift item as well. The idea is to turn off the alarm clock by shooting it via the provided toy gun!  Available from raptonline.co.nz for $97.90, the alarm clock will make mornings more eventful!

The Shoot The Taxi Alarm Clock

The good old alarm clock has undergone many changes in the past few decades and there are many avatars of it. If you like me hate using your mobile phone as an alarm, then do take a look at the Altaz AZICR. The 3.5″ Touch Screen Internet Clock Radio has a plethora of multi-media functions and lets you enjoy your music, check out weather updates, display your Picasa albums and keep you in the loop with its Internet app. The Altaz AZICR Alarm Clock can be ordered online from here for $99.99.

Altaz AZICR 3.5″ Touch Screen Internet Clock Radio

If you are always broke and also forget to save then the Dreams Ban Clock is a good way to start. The Banclock will not shut up unless you feed it a coin and you can feed it a quarter, you can save up 25 dollars until the piggy bank alarm clock becomes full. Available in five different colors, the stylishly designed Banclock  is fun and functional. This cool clock cab be purchased from AC Gears for $75.99.

The Dreams Ban Clock

Not all alarm clocks have to be gimmicky or garish. If you want something stylish and functional do take a look at the  Ballast Alarm Clock by Lexon. The chic clock features a solid metal casing and one can opt for Black or Aluminum face dial. Designed by Marc Bertier, the clock features Quartz analog timepiece movement. You can order the alarm clock from Pure Modern for $22.00.

The Stylish Ballast Alarm Clock by Lexon

If you are one those heavy-duty sleepers who can sleep through an earthquake also then I bet you are no stranger to late mornings. Reach school or work on time by purchasing the Thunderclap Alarm Clock. The on board 113-decibel ringer is loud as thunder and it also comes with a  vibrating pad which results in an  insistent, bed-shaking tremor. The alarm ring can be adjusted and can be set to flash its three bright red LEDs. You can order this powerful alarm clock for $34.95 from Hammacher.

The Thunderclap Alarm Clock

An alarm clock that shuts only when you play a game of Tetris is made of stuff gaming geeks dream off! And fortunately such a scintillating device does exist. The Tetris Alarm Clock is a DIY project and you can follow the full instructions here.
Says the creator:
“This is an Arduino powered alarm clock that after hitting snooze twice the alarm will not cancel until the user has cleared 4 lines in the game Tetris. You physically turn the clock sideways, so the screen is vertical, to play Tetris.  It’s never fun to wake up in the morning but playing a little Tetris is at least somewhat enjoyable and quite effective.”

DIY Project: TETRIS Alarm Clock

The quirky  Googly Eyed Clock is a must have for those who like collecting fun and unique home accessories.  The 2 1/3″-diameter pupils rotate clockwise, with the left eye fixing its gaze on the hour while the right eye peers at the minute, so for example it displays 3:45 with cross-eyed precision, 7:05 is communicated in a googly-eyed glance, and 5:35 is indicated with stern evil eyes. The Googly Eyed Clock  can be purchased from Hammacher for $39.95.

Googly Eyed Clock

I have lost count of the times, I wanted to smash my screechy alarm clock when it woke me from deep slumber. The Alternative Alarm Clock will make your mornings more tolerable, since you can plug in your favorite gadget into it like a coffee machine or a radio and it gets activated in the morning via a digital signal. The Alternative Alarm Clock  is the brainchild of Ki Hyun Kim, a Graduate from the Royal College of Art.

The Alternative Alarm Clock

The Hanging Alarm Clock

Want a break from all the high-tech modern  mumbo jumbo and contemporary gadgets? Then go retro and buy the Spirit Of St. Louis Wooden Alarm Clock CD Radio. Retailing on Amazon for $150.39. the retro styled alarm clock is a four hand analog clock that looks vintage however has all the modern features. Apart from all the usual alarm features like wake-up buzzer, snooze etc, it also supports CDs, MP3 players via the  3.5 mm earphone jack and AM/FM Radio.

Spirit Of St. Louis Wooden Alarm Clock CD Radio

If you like me dream off throwing your alarm clock across the room, then the Mr Bump Alarm Clock is perfect for you. Shaped like a ball and the design is based on the character from Roger Hargreaves’ Mr Men series of children’s books. The cute thing about the alarm clock is that it only shuts up when you throw it at a wall. Cute but just make you don’t hit the wife, or there will be hell to pay!

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The Mr Bump Alarm Clock

If you like me keep hitting the snooze button and always end up being late, then the Nanda Home Tocky Alarm Clock will come to your rescue. Available on Design Public for $69.00, this cute little alarm clock  will jump off of your nightstand, and run around, so that you have no choice but to get out of bed. The alarm clock can jump from 3 feet high and can be uploaded with 2 hours of MP3′s. You can also record to 6 hours of personal wake-up messages and use the  touch sensitive controls easily.

Nanda Home Tocky Alarm Cloc

Looking for a quirkily designed alarm clock? Then your search should end at the Bird Alarm Clock which is cute and  fun. Available in beige, this pale blue, or pale pink, this clock ” wakes you up comfortably in the morning with birdsongs and includes on/off switch function, and a display and button. the “Bird alarm clock” reads out the time by pushing the front switch and can be purchased online from here.

The Bird Alarm Clock

Alarm clocks are so 2010! Check out the Lumi Mask Sleep Goggles which replaces the alarm clock and has been designed to wake up its user gently and naturally. Designed by Taylor Franklin, the eye mask emits lights and tries to replicate the sunrise. The  sleep mask that simulates sunrise is on Kickstarter right now, so if you like it pledge $1 or more to it by pointing your browsers here.

Lumi Mask Sleep Goggles Seeks To Replace The Alarm Clock

The Antibacterial UV-C Bed Vac is the perfect way to clean your bed and get rid of dust bunnies and other nasties that may fester under your bed. Selling on Brookstone for $129.95, the machine that kills up to 99.9% of certain bacteria and has a  two-stage Micro Allergy Filtration system.

Antibacterial UV-C Bed Vac

The HANNspree Photo Alarm Clock may just make the ideal gift this holiday season. Described as “the perfect bedside gadget”, it comes equipped with a photo viewer, a FM radio as well as a digital music player. The on board 4.3-inch colour LCD screen is ideal to view your favourite photos or the y seven different clock face styles. You can buy it from  www.misco.co.uk for £44.99.

HANNspree Photo Alarm Clock

Here’s a cool design for a “pocket lightbulb”, I am not sure how useful this 2D lightbulb would be in real life but surely, it can be very portable and practical if high output LEDs are used.

Also check out these great light bulb inspired designed, brilliant!

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Design by Harc Lee

Bed Gadgets Design – Pocket Lightbulb!

If you’re someone who’s always in the look for cool beds, well this might be the bed for you. The Treehugger offers this unique technology to cool you down without any air conditioner. The technology is simple, where quiet dual-fans at the foot of the bed to provoke air to enter at them head of the bed. So it creates a good air circulation so you won’t get hot.

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The cool bed

Who knew telling time (or displaying in this case) could be so much if fun! Designer Yasser Ballemans is quite picky when it comes to time and hence the Beautiful Times Clock  which shows only elected Beautiful Times.

So what exactly is defined as “Beautiful Time” by Yasser? Well by that he means digits which are mirroring (22:55), repeating (7:07), up- or countdown (12:34 or 5:43) and turning around (6:09). he clock is synchronized with a normal clock and I wonder where I can get one.

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Beautiful Times Clock

Check out this incredible bed, which has left us speechless! A piece of furniture seldom has that effect on us however the Hi-Can deserves all the accolades. The “High Fidelity Canopy” Bed is the brainchild of Italian Designer Edoardo Carlinon and integrates ventilation, hi-fi system and a screen with DVD player.

Hi-Can Bed

We are all aware that fascination for gadgets and features with beds will always become a point for consideration. But integrating such a feature to go along with our search for proper sleeping respite, Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed offers two packages in one for a good deal for bed enthusiasts.

The company plans to sell a tricked-out place of rest it calls the Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed, mattresses included. The bed, which was on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show, incorporates features like wireless Internet connectivity, an iPod dock, a surround sound speaker system, LCD projector, dual temperature controls and DVR capability.

Leggett & Platt said the bed also comes with a vibration-detection feature that will elevate that half of the bed 7 degrees if a user is snoring and then return to the original position once the snoring stops.

(Source) Associate Press

Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed

If you’re looking for something cute, with a splash of soft pink, the Ariel Low Profile Bed is the choice for you. Cuddly up adorable, this soft pink colored bed is accompanied with tufted bicast leather upholstery to suit modern design. Chestnut feet harmonize with the delicate leather color, while a kiln dried hardwood frame enhance the toughness of the bed to withstand years of use. When fairy tales crashes with modern life, is when the Ariel Low Profile bed is born.

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Ariel Low Profile Bed

Got an extra Kleenex box and scissors and glue? With a little creativity, an empty Kleenex box turns into a fun bed for your kids’ bean bag stuffed animal friends. Perfect for Beanie Babies. You can make this bed out of a Kleenex box and Con-Tact paper in any design.

Bean Bag Animal Bed

Bean Bag Animal Bed

Of the two, it really depends on the type of consumer you are. If you are a cost-efficient buyer, then chances are you would pass it up and try to look for something more fitting. On the other hand, if you are inclined to buy it and always be among the people who want to be the first to have them, chances are you may find your bedroom losing its theme.

In summary, it really all depends on the type of person you are and how you perceive your home. Either way, it still depends on how much you need a bed rather than succumbing to vices which normally lead to hasty decision making in buying home furnishings today.

Related reading: Design Dilemmas

Torn Between Uniformity and Fashion

Sure there will always be the usual heaters in your home, but managing the right room temperature may become a drag. Ever so often you may have to get up, adjust it and then go back to bed. This alone is a sign of sleep deprivation. So what can you do?

Well, you have the usual electric blankets and heated bedding to turn to. While they may sound costly, you just have to take into consideration that the cold climate change will surely something you have to deal with.

Read more: What’s New in Electric Blankets and Heated Mattress Pads

The Season of Electric Blankets and Heated Bedding

This covers aspects outside our own personal preferences. The bedroom is just one of the overall demands we seek whenever we find ourselves in our homes. Sleeping soundly in perfectly designed bedrooms can go as far as having the proper fragrance, odor and attire to make the whole sleeping engagement worth it.

We spend plenty of time primping for our evenings out, but what about our evenings in? As we set back the clocks and prepare for shorter days, there are plenty of nighttime niceties to consider. From lingerie and bedding, to evening aromas and PM beauty products, style doesn’t have to end at the bedroom door! Bobbie Thomas, TODAY Style Editor and author of the Buzz for In Touch Weekly, highlights items that will help you sleep soundly and stylishly, no matter what your personality:

Read more: Sleeping beauty: Rest easy with these products

Checking out Our Bedroom Lifestyles

When in bedrooms, we love to lie down on our favorite beds, have some pillows elevate our heads a bit and watch our favorite television program or play some DVD movies we have around. We may want to sit or slouch by the floor where we can use bean bags or have some cushions. If we have a rug for flooring, we can always just lay down on the position that best relaxes us.

Rarely will you see a person watch television standing up. Sitting or laying down is the normal way we enjoy watching anything. It just depends on what stuff we have around.

Read more: Media Benefits and Dangers

Where do you watch Television?

When in bed, people will still need blankets to go along with the warmer thermostat settings. But with Sunbeam Heated Bedding, their blankets can do everything without the help of the usual home thermostat we have today.

“According to the recent predictions by the NEADA for Winter 2007/2008, we estimate that consumers can save more than $180 on heating oil costs and over $170 on propane costs if they use Sunbeam(R) heated bedding while sleeping. Turning down the thermostat a few degrees and supplementing with a heated blanket can make a real difference on heating bills this upcoming season and for many winters to come.”

Source: Heated Bedding is a Money-Saving Solution for Predicted Record-High Home Heating Bills This Winter

Cost Efficiency in the Winter by Sunbeam Heated Bedding

The Wenzel Queen Insta-Flex Air Bed with Built-in Pump offers an adjustable seat position; the customized incline/recline positioning makes that half-hour of reading before lights out a pleasure in the night. It features an integrated insta-flex AC pump for easy inflation/deflation, flocked-top keeps bedding in place, flex coil construction, and is stable, firm and comfortable. The deflated mattress rolls and stores compactly in a convenient carry bag for easy transport and storage.

Wenzel Pillow Top Memory Foam Insta-Bed Air Bed

Wenzel Pillow Top Memory Foam Insta-Bed Air Bed

Adjusting the bed and the mattresses depending on what the people who would lay on it prefer is just one of the key attributes and features they have. Learn more from it through this video review.

The Flexibility of Sleep Number Beds

Sunbeam Heated Mattress Pad Guaranteed to fit FULL size. 54″ X 75″ SimpliTouch Single Control. SimpliTouchTM Auto-off Control: 10-hour auto-off and 10 warming settings. Easy Care Fabric: Machine wash and dry. Smart Technology: ThermoFine® warming system senses and adjusts to maintain your desired heat setting. Save on your Heating Bills: Turn on your heated mattress pad, turn down your thermostat and save. All season mattress protection. Fits Mattresses up to 19″ deep. 50% Cotton / 50% Polyester Top. 140 Thread Count, 5 – oz. Fill.

Sunbeam Heated Mattress Pad

Sunbeam Heated Mattress

For example, remote-controlled devices in the bedroom makes people move less. They can practically lay down and just push a single button. There are also the touch lamps where a simple tap can brighten up the room in an instant. This and all other new introductions of technology have made life easier and sad to say, lazier for most people today.

Can you think of one technology endorsed device which you have in your room today? For sure there are plenty!

Read more: Gadgets make the living easy in high-tech home

Gadgets Galore in your Bedroom

d°light Huggable by Diana Lin is a huggable pillow which comes with its own light! Pretty neat concept we must say ! The pillow includes 12 LED lights which are encased in n small silicone bubbles and stashed inside a translucent pillow cover. Who knew seeking enlightenment could be so easy!

Dimensions:
12.5″W x 12.5″L x 6″H

Materials:
Warm-white LED
American standard food-safe silicon
100% polyester
4.5 AC/DC adaptor

A d°light Huggable will stay lighted up to 4 hours with 2500 mah batteries before slowly dimming off.

d°light Huggable by Diana Lin

Going Green is the new mantra and we here at Bedzine love products, which make use of alternative energy. Check out the Slow Glow Lamp, which is shaped like a light bulb and filled with saturated Soya oil and a bulb. As the light heats up, the content liquefies and becomes translucent. Order it online here for US$675.00.

Slow Glow Lamp

“Glo to Sleep™ is a light weight breathable sleep mask that completely blocks out all light. However, on the inside of the mask, soothing luminescent blue “Points of Glo” give the wearer something to focus on. The gaze is gently drawn upward to focus on these points and that’s the secret of this method. The act of looking up alters the state of consciousness and the wearer slips naturally through the different brain wave states of sleep. Also, looking up stimulates the pineal gland where the hormone melatonin is produced.”

That’s the description, but whether it works or not I don’t know……

Easy Sleeping

Easy Sleeping

The SlouchPod Interactive XT Gaming Chair. The all new high quality interactive chair, with supportive high backrest. Designed exclusively for gamers, music lovers and media junkies.

I would love this gaming chair, awesome stuff! Imagine never needing to get up to adjust the volume while gaming anymore, never needing to care about what the silly radio station is about to play because all you need to do, is just change to your CD player with a flick, the moment you find the song a little mundane. YIPEE!!
Slouchpod

Slouchpod XT

Star Wars junkies, here is another memorabilia to add to your collection. However the Darth Vader Projector Alarm Clock actually has a purpose and won’t just sit pretty. The clock is pretty cool (strictly in a geeky way) as it projects time as well as the Vader Name. The red glowing snooze button doubles as a nightlight and even sports a figural Vader with saber. You can order it online here.

Darth Vader Projector Alarm Clock

Yes, we have been giving our some free mattress in the past but now you can win a FREE Halo UVX just by participating in our new shopping social network site MaKePoNo.com. We are working with Halo Technologies, Inc. to promote their vacuum while promoting our new site. This vacuum can be great for completely eliminating germs from your bedroom.
Here’s more information on the Halo UVX, which you will be fightin’ for:

Introducing the only vacuum that combines the germ-killing power of ultraviolet light with industry-leading suction. Medical studies have shown for decades that traditional vacuums cannot kill the millions of germs that live in your carpet. By utilizing the same technology used to disinfect hospitals, Halo can instantly kill the dust mites, bacteria, mold and other harmful microscopic germs that live in your carpet. Without the use of harsh chemicals. Your carpet will finally be as clean as the rest of your home, and that will help everyone breathe a little easier.

Learn more about it at www.gethalo.com.

Win a FREE Halo UVX, Ultraviolet Vacuum!

Don’t you wish your childhood days when you could just disappear for hours on end and only come running back home when hunger pangs beckon? Now with Tyko Personal Room, you can create foldable huts and personal spheres to match your mood, be it pensive or playful. Great for adults and children alike. When not in use, it can be folded up neatly and kept in an smaller space.

Designed by Julia Landgren, view it at Yanko Design.

Tyko — Your personal cubby hole

Similar to wall beds, hideaway beds can be the ideal solution to the home problems of today. With limited space like that of condominium units which would normally be cramped, you can just set the hideaway beds whenever it is time to go to sleep. Otherwise, if you want to watch some television on your new LCD television, just put it up and watch until you are bored from it.

Source: LCD TV In A Wall Bed

Hideaway Beds to Accommodate LCD TV Space

Many may not have noticed the need to go with the hot commodities today, but the gizmos and gadgets such as the iPod can be an object to which new bed designs may want to consider. Most people find it hard to simply lay down and rest. People lean more towards music and plug them in before they sleep.

However, the question is, where can they put their iPods? Some say that they can place it beside them or perhaps under the pillow. But wouldn’t it be cool to have a perfectly fabricated docking stations made just for the iPod?

Now that is something that most people tag as something that would be different and may even become a selling point. Bed’s with iPod docking stations are a new trend that will surely capture the customer’s eye.

Source: Beds, dining tables are doing the iPod thing

Beds With iPod Provisions

Check out this cool Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum. You can get it for about $399.99 here.

The thing I like the most about it is that it doesn’t use any cleaning solutions. It’s simple and has ultraviolet to kill germs. Pretty good stuff…

Halo Vacuum kills germs easy.

Personally, I don’t know. This bed looks rather weird to me. Maybe it’s the excessive drawers and all, or maybe it’s just the finishing that looks less than perfect, or perhaps it’s because it’s like, the bed’s way too complicated. Sometimes, we find products that are a little on the “Erh…is this for real?” side. This, I feel would be one of them for me.

UltimateBed

Ultimate Bed