The alarm clock is the source of ire and inspiration for designers. This is a great compilation of unusual designs.
Link: The Carpet Alarm and Other Innovative Wake-Up Tools (plazarugs.com, via)
“Some present their own standards in its place, due to their being well-suited to their style of game; the dual joystick (shooting) style has been used in a few games itself, from the old classic Robotron: 2084 to Geometry Wars. Others really have no chance of ever becoming a standardized control scheme, but are okay [...]
Nicholas Nova has put together a list of curious cameras.
”[I write about this because] it’s both the interest in automatic cameras as tools for User Experience research and as curious devices from the near future. Automatic camera can indeed be used to ask people to reflect on their activities (with some ethical limits) and weird [...]
Published by Gabriel White.