Daylight saving begins in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, the ACT and Tasmania this weekend: clocks go forward one hour at 2am on Sunday. If you’ve got an urgent appointment that morning, I’d suggest setting an old-fashioned alarm clock and not relying on your smartphone.
iOS: Despite its adorable name, Wake ‘n’ Shake is a cruel iPhone app that makes you exercise in order to wake up in the morning. If your life is mostly somnambulatory — barring some sort of technological intervention — this app will shock you out of your stupor by making you shake your phone until its alarm finally shuts up.
Different people have different sleep cycles, but getting started in the morning remains a challenge for many of us. But just what waking-up time falls clearly into the “early riser” category?
The WakeMate wristband monitors your sleep cycles, and uses your iPhone, Android or BlackBerry device to wake you at the most opportune time.
The money-shredding alarm clock was a controversial idea, in part because shredding physical cash is technically illegal. The SnūzNLūz is a high-tech take on the same idea — if you hit the snooze button, money is automatically extracted from your bank account and given as a donation to an organisation you despise.
