For your amusement today, I offer the Princess and the Pea Alarm Clock.
First the explanation from the inventor, jmsaltzman:
No ordinary alarm clock: the Princess and the Pea Alarm Clock ("PPAC") leaves no room for snoozing, inflating a green "pea" between the mattress and box spring, making it impossible to stay in bed. In the tin can, a homemade Arduino-compatible board with clock and memory chips handles the alarm clock functions, and a power block under the night stand provides power and relays driving the sprinkler valve or other alarming alarm functions.
And might I say it really does look like a giant pea once it is inflated. And here's another video with Saltzman in the bed, but the pea is invisible...
Wow! That is remarkably original and clever... with an actual real-world application. :-)
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