Next-Generation -- Alarm Clocks!

(CBS)  With Daylight Saving Time about to kick in and all of use in line for an hour's less sleep, "The Saturday Early Show" decided there's no better time to take a look at what's happening with alarm clocks.

So, Men's Journal magazine Senior Editor Jonathan Wilde, a gadgets expert, spotlighted several new high-tech wonders.

Suffice is to say, there aren't your father's alarm clocks!

The following descriptions were developed with information provided by the manufactuers

Moshi, voice control digital alarm clock

Where To Buy: Brookstone stores or Brookstone.com

Price: $50.00

Details: Simply say "Hello Moshi," followed by what you want. Moshi responds to 12 basic commands. Commands include "time," "alarm," "set time," "set alarm," "turn off alarm," "sleep sound," "night light" and more. Plus, you can choose from three different alarm sounds and three soothing sleep sound programs. Uses three AAA backup batteries (not included). AC adapter included. The Voice Interactive Alarm Clock.

iLuv iMM178 Vibe Plus

Where To Buy: I-Luv.com

Price: $90

Details: Need a bit more than a regular alarm to get you up in the morning? Then you might just be a prime candidate for iLuv's new iMM178 Vibe Plus iPod dock / alarm clock, which will not only let you wake up to a favorite track, but shake your bed in the process. Of course, "shake" is likely a bit of an overstatement, but the bed shaker attachment (placed under a pillow) does have its own speaker and volume control, and promises to "wake up the heaviest of sleepers." Otherwise, the dock is pretty standard fare, and includes a large LCD display, dual alarm settings, an FM radio, and a pair of jAura speakers that promise added "depth and clarity." Look for this one at all the usual sources right now for.

Clocky

Where To Buy: ThinkGeek.com

Price: $50.00

Details: This little wonderful wheeled alarm clock started as an engineering student's project. Having trouble waking up herself, Gauri Nanda developed Clocky to shriek annoyingly and effectively, waking you up. It also leaps off of your night stand, and drives around your room, making random turns and racing away from your grasp. Now you have to get out of bed and hunt the little bugger down to turn it off.

Sonic Bomb

Where To Buy: AlarmClocksOnline.com

Price: $43.00

Details: The new Sonic Bomb SBB500 AKA "The Bomb", has been designed for guys of all ages on a mission. Stealth grey color with red controls, night vision display and pulsating alert lights won't keep you in the dark. Complete with ground shaking super-charged bed shaker, and turbo-charged 113db extra loud alarm. Good luck sleeping through this blast Batman… Packaged with a powerful 12-volt bed shaker.

Peaceful Progression Wake Up Clock

Where To Buy: Hammacher.com

Price: $70.00

Details: More gentle than traditional jarring alarms, this clock uses gradually increasing light, stimulating aromas, and peaceful nature sounds to awaken sleepers. At 30 minutes before wake-up, the clock's light begins to glow softly, brightening over the next half-hour (Play Video). The warmth from the lamp releases faint aromatherapy scents into the air to stimulate the olfactory senses. Fifteen minutes before wake-up, the clock generates your choice of six soft nature sounds, such as ocean surf or songbirds. A beeper sounds at the end of the cycle. Can also be used with sound or beeper only. Included are four types of aromatherapy beads (Energy, Morning Café, Stress Relief, and Lavender) along with 10 felt disks for your own aromatherapy oils. With snooze, headphone jack, volume control. AC powered; requires two AA batteries for backup power)

[Hnters]

I carry a great line of alarm clocks, wall clocks, and watches of numerous brands. http://www.baybrookbargainhunter.com

[tsigili]

Oh please! Get a life.

[rockcutr]

what a useless annoyance. Haven't used an alarm clock in 15 years. I always wake up precicely when I am supposed to. Simply by saying my wake up time just before going to sleep. Helps to be sober. Worked most of the time even before i quit drinking 14 years ago.

[barbaram99]

I love talking things..I have a talking clock that is set to go off if set. I have a talking clock on my windows machine. There is an app for that. To the new poster welcome. This a board where we can share. Ye will find that this is not an english class. I can understand the person's post. No there is no spell check. Ye'll find the same when talking to others. They do have them machines that answer the phone etc. They are only following their programming. Yet I know they can't understand much. We use clocks.. Our world runs on them. We have to set them back in winter time and forward in summer time. Most computers they do it. I still use a lamp all year gound to see the computer. Summer time means I can do what I could not in winter. I told my friend the time change..He hates the heat of summer. I like it. I have always hated the cold. I have my reasons..

[bradkt1]

The best alarm clocks are the ones that don't have fives or sixes on it.

[alancontact]

Those clocks that take a half hour to wake you up gently, you would be better off to stay sound asleep. A half hour of extra sleep with a sudden wakeup is better for you than a half hour of light sleep just to get a more gentle wake up. Another thing that clocks shouldn't have is snooze buttons. Instead of hitting your snooze button to get an extra 15 or 20 minutes of sleep, you'd be better off to set your alarm for when you must get up. Waking up and then snoozing for 15 minutes does nothing to help you if you're short on sleep. Better to stay asleep as long as possible and then get up only when you have to.

[debinok1]

Actually, according to sleep studies, the human mind and body naturally come into a wakeful state gradually, just as they gradually fall into a deep sleep. Typical brainwave patterns show a gradual increase in brain funcion lasting from 30 to 45 minutes on average. Though some studies have shown that certain types of people are more inclined to wake instantly, those people are generally military, medical professionals, first responders, and parents of young children especially those with infants.

[colmsmith]

I don't normally sign up on a website to post comments, but the typos here are horrendous!

Are there proof readers at the CBS website?

[ToolMangler1]

Yeah! but they all graduated from our colleges. (They were on a sports scholarship and did not make any team)

[maiingan]

It's certainly useful and fascinating to learn about what's new and high-tech in alarm clocks. But alarm clocks are one of the worst things humans have invented to harm our health. They should only be required for First Responders. Since CBS used the Daylight Saving Time hook, this foolish fiction should be ended because of the needless waste of time and money - and because of the growing body of statistics showing there's a jump in accidents and medical emergencies after we "spring forward." There are losses which cannot be recovered when we "fall back."