How to Build an Alarm Clock That Can Only Be Silenced by a Nerf Dart

The most dangerous physical object in your place is n’t the stove , the clothes branding iron , or that chain saw in your garage . It ’s your alarm clock ’s catnap clit that makes it so leisurely to go back to bed each good morning . Silencing that alarm should n’t be so easy , soChristopher Guichet progress an dismay clock that can only be deactivatedwith a consummate shooter from a Nerf blaster .

But Guichet did n’t just build some Rube Goldberg - type convenience to simply bid the ‘ snooze button ’ on his smartphone . He rather construct an LED bulwark clock from scratch , with a custom Arduino - powered sensor in the midriff programmed to only respond to the vibrations delivered by a Nerf dart fired from his bed . So when the alarm sound in the morning , he has to accurately hit the target , forcing him to wake up and get out of bed .

you may take a stab at building your own , as Guichet go into a set of detailabout how he made his warning signal clock in this picture . Just keep in mind he drop every weekend for three months work on it , which is time that could have belike been well spent just napping and catching up on sleep .