Fire alarm bell repurposed for waking the dead

For those who could easily sleep through a tornado (or similar), there are a plethora of alarm clocks out there designed to wake even you up. Still, there's nothing like crafting a suitable alternative yourself, and the folks over at Hacked Gadgets decided to exemplify overkill in their latest concoction. 'Course, a "fire alarm bell alarm clock" is pretty self-explanatory, and while it certainly doesn't come through as loud over YouTube as we're sure it is in person, there's still ample reason to click through and peek the video yourself.

[Thanks, Alan]

[Stetson @ Jan 16th 2008 8:38AM]

If you guys would put in an actual link to the YouTube videos they would be watchable on the iPhone/iPod touch platform.

[JJV @ Jan 16th 2008 8:40AM]

AWWWW Christmas just passed. :p

[oshean @ Jan 16th 2008 8:44AM]

The power of the force has woke you, you hosers.

[FThorn @ Jan 16th 2008 8:58AM]

My wife needs that.

[John Z @ Jan 16th 2008 9:11AM]

Hah. I literally have slept through a tornado as it was passing within miles of my house. Also, massive lightning strikes only a handful of blocks away. And I still don't need this, because I set my alarm sensibly and I'm usually awake before it goes off anyway.

[wizzard @ Jan 16th 2008 9:20AM]

When I used to sleep well at night, I have been known to sleep through a fire alarm, so I would have to be wearing it on my head for me to hear it :-)

[Randy @ Jan 16th 2008 9:23AM]

Now all it needs is a strobe light.

[tcc3 @ Jan 16th 2008 9:27AM]

When I first read this it thought it said "Fire alarm bell repurposed for walking dead"

Like some sort of Zombie Civil defense alarm.

[silencer @ Jan 16th 2008 2:23PM]

Ha, yeah that's exactly what I saw.
It's not a good idea to read these things right after you wake up.

[Bendert Katier @ Jan 16th 2008 4:38PM]

Or go to sleep ;)

[Esat @ Jan 16th 2008 9:38AM]

Cool gadget but I would never bothe spending time and money making it. My alarms are always smashed on the floor first thing in the morning. Would be such a waste....

[kyle @ Jan 16th 2008 11:41AM]

i slept through a fire alarm last year in dorms, so i'm not impressed/

[Mike @ Jan 16th 2008 12:44PM]

If you want a really *really* loud alarm, check out some of the alarms for the deaf. My sonic alarm is capable of over 125 decibels.

There's nothing quite as heart stopping as a 120+ decibel siren going off a few feet away from your face when you're in deep slumber. For this reason, my wife and I use the bed vibrating accessory instead.

[Ed @ Jan 16th 2008 5:07PM]

WRONG.

There is nothing quite as heart stopping as having a distinctive ring-tone set up for your friend, at FULL volume, on your cellphone.... With the wired-headset in your ear.... while driving in rush hour traffic.

I actually thought it would be funny to make his ring-tone be the sound the jawas make in Star Wars IV: A New Hope.

I almost wrecked and crapped my pants.

[Garst @ Jan 16th 2008 3:34PM]

I scoff at those who can only sleep through tornados, fire alarms, whatever. Lightning, not thunder actual lightning, can get me up. I would have slept through a fire alarm back at school too if it hadn't been for my roommate shaking me. I've had to do the same to him before too.

[sr20vet @ Jan 16th 2008 5:16PM]

I suppose the bell would be more durable, but I'd use an electronic horn strobe. They've got adjustable decibel levels (2008 NFPA 72 code will bring them up to a minimum of 110 dB), and adjustable candela for the strobes (going as high as 185). If the near ear damaging screeching doesn't wake you the blindingly bright strobe will. Oh an you can set the horns to temporal, coded, or constant. Just don't use more than one if you don't like seizures.

[Hraefn @ Jan 18th 2008 10:30PM]

I want. Not sure if even this will wake me up, but I still want.

[mike626 @ Jan 20th 2008 2:24AM]

In the mid 70s my uncle who had a notoriously bad time waking up wired a fire alarm bell so that he could plug it in to a timer which in turn was plugged into the wall.

The noise that thing would make is probably traveling out of the solar system at this moment-- vacuum or not.