"A smart alarm clock that will allow you a lie-in or wake you up early depending on traffic conditions has been invented by researchers at Brunel University in southern England.
The Rise alarm clock has in-built internet access and can be connected to the web via a normal telephone line.
The clock retrieves relevant traffic information from across the web based on data the users have given it, such as where they live, where they need to travel to and what time they need to arrive.
The alarm clock will then work out what time you need to be woken....
In tests he was impressed with the clock's accuracy.
'I was so punctual it was scary,' he said." [BBC Technology, via Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
Now we're talking useful technology! Of course, this doesn't take into account my morning routine of reading my news aggregator, so I might have to wait until they build a smart clock that can evaluate new news posted overnight and how interesting it will be to me. ;-)
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