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  2. Sony Dream Machine - Wikipedia

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    In the mid 1960s, Sony introduced the first Dream Machine. The basic idea was to use a radio program to wake up users more pleasantly, as many people found the loud mechanical alarm made by traditional alarm clocks disturbing. The use of direct-read digital display as opposed to a traditional clock dial gave the design a modernistic feel, which ...

  3. Alarm clock - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 October 2024. Type of clock A traditional wind-up (key-wound), mechanical spring-powered alarm clock An alarm clock or alarm is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of people at a specified time. The primary function of these clocks is to awaken people from their night's sleep or ...

  4. Repeater (horology) - Wikipedia

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    Repeater (horology) The 13 in (33 cm) watch by Louis Brandt (1892) was the first wristwatch with a minute repeater. The movement was manufactured by Audemars Piguet. A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock that chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button. There are many types of repeater, from the simple ...

  5. The Brave Little Toaster - Wikipedia

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    The New Japan Philharmonic gave the score a "luxurious sound" that was impressive given the limited resources available. [1] The sound effects were not from a library, and were instead, exclusively made Foley sounds, with various real-world objects around Los Angeles being used in the score, such as objects in antique stores.

  6. Pendulum clock - Wikipedia

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    A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element. The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it is an approximate harmonic oscillator: It swings back and forth in a precise time interval dependent on its length, and resists swinging at other rates. From its invention in 1656 by Christiaan ...

  7. Has Nintendo found a better way to wake up? - AOL

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    She'll simmer down, but only for about five minutes. Within 20 minutes, Alarmo gets aggressive. Mario antagonist Bowser arrives on the screen, and the clock gets louder, the sounds no longer soothing.

  8. Timer - Wikipedia

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    A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops upon reaching 00:00. An example of a simple timer is an hourglass. Commonly, a timer triggers an alarm when it ends. A timer can be implemented through hardware or software. Stopwatches operate in the opposite direction, upwards from 00:00 ...

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