An old clock that doesn't work or no longer suits the style of your home doesn't need to be destined for the trash. Instead, ...

(CNN) -- I have reinstated the alarm clock. An overlooked mechanism in today's technologically-synced, your-phone-does-everything world, it tells the time, it wakes you up, it is decentralized from a ...

While there are still some who, at the mention of the alarm clock, might think of a small, spring-driven, mechanical device topped by a couple of bells with a hammer between them, my generation would ...

Waking up at 5:30 in the morning. [Mark Stead] didn’t like the idea either when his chickens started crying to be let out. One simple solution obviously is to eat the chickens build an automatic door ...

Editor’s Note: Watches & Wonders (formerly SIHH) has moved online and Baselworld 2020 is canceled, but that hasn’t stopped watch brands large and small from debuting their new wares. Stay on top of ...

Long before smartphones and smartwatches jolted us awake with buzzing alerts, people had to get creative about waking up on time. In fact, the idea of an alarm clock goes back thousands of years! The ...

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