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May's spaceDecember 20 ALARM CLOCK IN DAILY LIFE " ALARM CLOCK IN DAILY LIFE "
 Due to strong determination in arriving university on time, it is my "firm rule" to wake up at 5 A.M., no matter what the season it is. However, sometimes I oversleep and am distraught the rest of the day. What I need is a device to rouse me at the exact hour I desire to get up. In the past, people had always depended upon the sun to be the signal to wake up. Nowadays, however, at 5 o'clock in the morning, there is no sun. Then an alarm clock is something I really need and I think that many people in this century of development also use this technology.
An early alarm clock was invented by the Greeks around 250 BC. The Greeks built a water clock where the raising waters would both keep time and eventually hit a mechanical bird that triggered an alarming whistle. The first mechanical alarm clock was invented by Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1787. However, the ringinghisthe ringing bell alarm on his clock could ring only at 4 am. On October 24, 1876 a mechanical wind-up alarm clock that could be set for any time was created by Seth E Thomas. Today's alarm clocks have an extensive number of features: built-in radios, nature sounds, dual alarms, CD players, iPod docking bays, sunrise simulators, programmable snooze buttons, some even offer aromatherapy !! In addition, inventors are in the process to seek out ways to make them more complex. Nowadays, an electric alarm clock is an interesting way for modern people who really respect time. Normally, an electric alarm clock has two buttons; snooze button and sleep one. The Snooze button co-works with the alarm itself. The alarm goes off at your set time. Then, you have the option to push the button and snooze for a bit more. At the end of the snooze time, whatever minutes is built in, the alarm comes back on. This cycle continues until you really get up. Some clocks will stop this after an hour, figuring that you really don’t care about catching your bus. The Sleep button is a fairly recent invention. Behaving the opposite of the Snooze button, it keeps the radio on until the time you set, in minutes. If you want to fall asleep to the gentle sounds of the local public classical radio station, just set your Sleep button to 30 minutes. However, the new alarm clock has a Nap button. It works probably exactly as you assume, which means it was designed right. Push it once and the alarm goes off in 10 minutes. Push it repeatedly to increase the amount; 10, 20, 30, 60, 90, 120, .... Perfect for the Saturday afternoon nap, I love the Nap button. So we now have three different buttons to manage our sleep patterns; Snooze, Sleep, Nap. It’s no longer just an alarm. The electric alarm clock is an amazing device. Yet, everything can stand to be improved upon.
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