I was surprised by the choices that Gizmodo made as their “Weirdest and Most Wonderful Gadget Designs of 2008.”
Yes, some of them are kinda cool, but none of them especially fires my rockets, and if those are the most wonderful gadgets of 2008 then this has been a boring year for gizmos.
Meet “Tyrant.”
This is designer Alice Wang’s evil alarm clock that works through peer pressure, intimidation and humiliation.
It apparently connects to your cell phone via bluetooth, and if you don’t wake up at the appointed time, it begins dialing people at random on your cell phone every three minutes so that your friends, family, acquaintances, business contacts, ex-lovers, and probably even your annoyed in-laws will tell you to wake up so that your alarm clock will stop pestering them.
This is pure evil genius. Two thumbs way up for Alice Wang. But I would never, never get one for myself. Ever.
