Clocky: The Runaway Alarm Clock

Do you have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning? If so, then "Clocky" the alarm clock may be the solution for you. When Clocky's "snooze" button is pushed, it rolls off of your nightstand like a frantic robot (R2-D2 comes to mind), chirping, beeping, rolling in random directions on the floor and spinning in circles until you catch up with it and turn the alarm off.

A less-polished version of Clocky (covered by shag carpet) was originally invented in 2004 as a class project by former Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student Gauri Nanda, who was inspired to create Clocky after being woken up repeatedly by kittens nibbling at her toes to get her out of bed. Although she never anticipated that Clocky would suddenly become so popular in the blogosphere and in the mainstream press, after graduating from MIT she formed a company named Nanda Home, which since 2006 has sold the Clocky models (among other technology products) that are now available commercially.