140db DIY alarm clock

[brianpowers27]

http://gizmodo.com/5367690/hacked-al...ld-be-murdered

I like his style.

[djg]

My gf could use that.

[brianp]

Yikes! Is that to wake the deaf, or the dead?

[Æ]

Isn't 140dB harmful, even dangerous?

[stangbat]

I had a roommate that could have used one of those. He'd hit snooze for 1.5 hours. No kidding. I'd rather hear that once than an hour and a half of snoozing.

[Face]

Isn't 140dB harmful, even dangerous?

Yes. I'd like to preserve my hearing for the next 50+ years.

[dwigle]

I found an easier way to wake my son who also had a love affair with the snooze button.

I put his alarm clock on the top shelf of his bookcase. He had to stand on a chair to turn it off.

After going through that aggravation he wasn't likely to want to do it more than once.

[brianpowers27]

Isn't 140dB harmful, even dangerous?

Now really... 140db is as loud as a gunshot (1m). I think it is funny but I doubt very much that anyone would use that.

[Thomas Brown]

i have an old air powered train horn. i know i have a small compressor and tank, some air valves also.... off to the garage!

[romanbednarek]

I always thought that the phrase "Wake up dead" didn't make any sense, but I think that a heart attack induced by that alarm clock could fit that phrase rather well.

[Æ]

I always thought that the phrase "Wake up dead" didn't make any sense, but I think that a heart attack induced by that alarm clock could fit that phrase rather well.

Do you know where the expression "dead ringer" comes from?

[romanbednarek]

Do you know where the expression "dead ringer" comes from?

I hope it's not from playing horseshoes, because that is a favorite backyard summertime game for me. A quick Google search informed me that I was at least on the right track.