It shouldn’t be a surprise that this gadget was ‘invented’ in Japan, the mother land of weird gadgets.
The Nice Cup Bra can be removed and unrolled to create a 1.5m-long putting mat. When the user sinks a putt into one of the cups, a built-in speaker pumps out a congratulatory “Nice shot!”.
The problem with all alarm clocks that try to wake you gentle by using light that gets brighter is that none of them work!
Example from the seventies
More recent alarm clock that failed
The ‘old’ Philips Wake-up Light always woke me like a regular alarm clock: instantly. Another problem was that the buttons used to set the (alarm &) time made a lot of noise, so you’d wake your already deeply asleep partner.
The new Philips Wake-up Light looks promising: slick design and is has an iPhone dock for the heavy sleepers. Furthermore it comes with 20 brightness settings.
They’ll keep trying combining stuff. The latest addition: a 8GB Video Watch. I don’t think it’ll be a success.
If you want to watch a movie or tv series while you’re on the go, why not use that far more suitable device you also carry around all the time: your mobile phone. This video watch may make it big in the “retro nerd scene”.