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Chair Alarm
An alarm that wakes you up when you fall alseep in your chair | |
Everyones done it, yes? I've done it, my father does it almost every night... there are points in everyones life when the world wears you down to the point where you just cant concentrate anymore, and fall asleep in your chair. This, as well as being potentially dangerous, is very uncomfortable, and
quite humiliating.
What would be good is an alarm that registers periods of unconciousness, maybe by measuring breathing rate or heartbeat, and is programmed so that when breathing or heartbeat reaches a certain level it would beep and maybe shake the chair a little bit to wake the sleeper. This could be either built into the chair or made as a clip on with those little node things ((that ive toatlly forgotten the name for)) to measure the body statistics. It would also have the option of turning it off, so as not to get too anoying, and various degrees of alarm, if someone is a heavy or light sleeper
Nap Zapper
http://besafeproduc...78&p=&x=10&y=520#78 A No-Doz alarm for Senor Bensini. [jurist, Oct 04 2004]
Get yourself a Noddy hat
http://www.traditio...uk/images/noddy.jpg The bell will ring every time you nod off. Of course, everyone will laugh at you, but that's just the price of progress. [DrCurry, Oct 04 2004]
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you could make one for the workplace, its the same principal i guess, a lever on the side so it would keep you in a rigidly straight uncomfortable position so you wouldnt fall alseep due to back pain, and also having the added bonus of a secret pocket of excuses to memorise when your boss catches you snoozing |
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A pew alarm would help quite a bit during some sermons. |
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Damn , y'all, what's so bad about napping in an armchair? S'pose you've had a heavy meal, you're kicking back in your favorite cozy chair with your slippers on, feet up on the ottoman, feeling pleasantly drowsy, when out of nowhere - BZZZZZT! You're jolted into reality. |
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I put the fishbone in for you, snarfy. |
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I'll put in another fishbone. Why on earth would you want to disturb a good nap, one of the greatest things in life? |
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How the hell is falling asleep in a chair "potentially dangerous"? |
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Bliss, notice the category is Home Furniture. |
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[waugs] check to see if its plugged in. |
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I stand up in my sleep,maybe i can find a wall that will make me sit down when i nod off. |
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//Everyones done it, yes?// |
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Baked. That japanese guy who invents useless things (like a toliet paper dispenser you wear on your head-so you know you have some whereever you go) invented just such a wake up alarm. You where the alarm on you ear (sort of like a boom-mic that wraps around your ear) and if your head dips, the alarm goes off. It was made to keep people awake while driving. I wish I could find a link for it... |
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See link. Interestingly, there were at least two other links on the same Google index page for "doze alarms" to previous 1/2bakery postings. Seems we have covered this rather well in previous discussions. |
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/when I awoke there was drool everywhere// |
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Bliss, I hope you managed to slap him one. |
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Can [thumb] do an emoticon for wise ass? |
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PS (-) for spoiling a good nap. |
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[blissmiss].. thanks for your support. lol. who wants to sleep in a chair when you could sleep in a BED??? its better for your back and spine and consequently everything associated with it, and besides, you look pathetic. my dad does it all the time.. its so sad...
oh, and to [waugsqueke], cause you can spill stuff on your self, like wine, food, whatever youve got in your hand, you get in peoples way, and in certain chairs you can fall out of them, or backwards or something
and if you dont ge rudly awakened by the alarm youd be rudly awakened by someone else either way.
*shrugs and blows raspberries at you all* |
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Well, (s)he's someone who knows how to take criticism. Another happy customer! |
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Falling asleep at work can be quite hazardous to one's ego. Something about waking up with keyboard face, a 'kick me' sign around your neck, and a pile of shaving cream in your hair is enough to prevent it from happening again. |
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What's with the drool-fixation, [bliss]? |
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How about a recliner-type chair (like an EZ Boy) that detects if you've fallen asleep and converts into a bed? I want one for my office now. |
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did i mention it comes with a free bib? |
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