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January 25th, 2010, 02:20
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It's probably not the clock (http://www.engadget.com/tag/clock/) you need to build if being punctual is your modus operandi, but it's sufficiently nerdy nonetheless. One Nirav Patel -- which may or may not be related to our own Mr. Patel (http://www.engadget.com/editor/nilay-patel) -- decided to hand craft his own "sleep remaining indicator," which utilizes a slowly rotating servo, a laser beam and a timer in order to work its magic. Put simply, the beam gets shorter and shorter as one's wake-up time draws near, but oddly enough, you'll never be able to see its awesomeness if you're actually sleeping. Quite the conundrum, no?Laser-based 'clock' shortens beam as wake-up time draws closer (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/laser-based-clock-shortens-beam-as-wake-up-time-draws-closer/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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It's probably not the clock (http://www.engadget.com/tag/clock/) you need to build if being punctual is your modus operandi, but it's sufficiently nerdy nonetheless. One Nirav Patel -- which may or may not be related to our own Mr. Patel (http://www.engadget.com/editor/nilay-patel) -- decided to hand craft his own "sleep remaining indicator," which utilizes a slowly rotating servo, a laser beam and a timer in order to work its magic. Put simply, the beam gets shorter and shorter as one's wake-up time draws near, but oddly enough, you'll never be able to see its awesomeness if you're actually sleeping. Quite the conundrum, no?Laser-based 'clock' shortens beam as wake-up time draws closer (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/laser-based-clock-shortens-beam-as-wake-up-time-draws-closer/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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