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The Productive You – Stand Up To Wake Up

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Exhausted after reporting live from the Red Dot Awards event in Essen, it was almost two in the morning by the time my head touched the pillow. The only hitch was that my airport pickup was in three hours, and as expected, I snoozed through my phone alarm. Thank heavens, that my subconscious voice kinda jolted me out of bed, and I made it to the airport on time. Sounds like a familiar story, right? Well, Ruggie should have been there …

Winson Tam, the innovator of the Ruggie, has over-snoozed the alarm several times, and resonates with the feeling of being late. His main purpose in creating this unique rug + alarm – Ruggie, is to help people overcome the lure of the warm, comforting bed and kill laziness with a purposeful step.

Tam says that “Modern clocks make it too easy for us to snooze, we need something more effective.”

As a strong advocate of being productive in your morning-best, Tam says that since distractions are at their least, and our competition are still snoozing in bed, early risers have a productive edge.

Getting down to the features, Ruggie is essentially a carpet alarm, which requires you to step on it for at least 3 seconds, to stop the buzzing. No over-sleeping here buddy!

The bright LED Display doubles up as a nightlight and you can even kick-start your day with your favorite motivational quote.

Details:

  • Modern Look – Suits any room despite function
  • Touch Sensor – Effectively getting you out of bed (must stand for at least 3 seconds to stop alarm)
  • High Density Memory Foam – Incredible comfort
  • Customizable Alarm & Post Alarm Sounds – Daily Motivation to start the day
  • Minimalistic Design – Efficient and clears room space
  • Battery Life – well over 1 year – running on 3 AAA Batteries

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, Tam moved to China, to pursue his entrepreneur instincts. As a person who always values time, especially after the loss of a close friend in a car accident, it seems only fitting that Ruggie be his next step in time management.

Drawing from his personal experiences, Tam figures that if each day he can wake up 5-minutes ahead of schedule, he can add up to 100 more days to his life – assuming that he lives to the age of 80.

“I’ve been an early bird ever since, but that habit didn’t come easy. Hence I made Ruggie, a rug where you need to get out of the bed to shut it, and hopefully it helps make it easy for everyone to build this habit.”

Ruggie is presently available at Kickstarter, get your rug alarm now!

Designer: Winson Tam [ Buy it Here ]

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The Productive You – Stand Up To Wake Up

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ruggie

Exhausted after reporting live from the Red Dot Awards event in Essen, it was almost two in the morning by the time my head touched the pillow. The only hitch was that my airport pickup was in three hours, and as expected, I snoozed through my phone alarm. Thank heavens, that my subconscious voice kinda jolted me out of bed, and I made it to the airport on time. Sounds like a familiar story, right? Well, Ruggie should have been there …

Winson Tam, the innovator of the Ruggie, has over-snoozed the alarm several times, and resonates with the feeling of being late. His main purpose in creating this unique rug + alarm – Ruggie, is to help people overcome the lure of the warm, comforting bed and kill laziness with a purposeful step.

Tam says that “Modern clocks make it too easy for us to snooze, we need something more effective.”

As a strong advocate of being productive in your morning-best, Tam says that since distractions are at their least, and our competition are still snoozing in bed, early risers have a productive edge.

Getting down to the features, Ruggie is essentially a carpet alarm, which requires you to step on it for at least 3 seconds, to stop the buzzing. No over-sleeping here buddy!

The bright LED Display doubles up as a nightlight and you can even kick-start your day with your favorite motivational quote.

Details:

  • Modern Look – Suits any room despite function
  • Touch Sensor – Effectively getting you out of bed (must stand for at least 3 seconds to stop alarm)
  • High Density Memory Foam – Incredible comfort
  • Customizable Alarm & Post Alarm Sounds – Daily Motivation to start the day
  • Minimalistic Design – Efficient and clears room space
  • Battery Life – well over 1 year – running on 3 AAA Batteries

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, Tam moved to China, to pursue his entrepreneur instincts. As a person who always values time, especially after the loss of a close friend in a car accident, it seems only fitting that Ruggie be his next step in time management.

Drawing from his personal experiences, Tam figures that if each day he can wake up 5-minutes ahead of schedule, he can add up to 100 more days to his life – assuming that he lives to the age of 80.

“I’ve been an early bird ever since, but that habit didn’t come easy. Hence I made Ruggie, a rug where you need to get out of the bed to shut it, and hopefully it helps make it easy for everyone to build this habit.”

Ruggie is presently available at Kickstarter, get your rug alarm now!

Designer: Winson Tam [ Buy it Here ]

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Ruggie Alarm Clock Shuts Off Only If You’re Up and Standing

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The success of modern alarm clocks seems to depend on how challenging it is to turn them off. Ruggie lacks a snooze button and requires you to apply pressure to it to shut it off, so it might actually be effective.

Apply pressure to it? Are we still talking about an alarm clock here? Well, yes, we are! Ruggie was designed, as its name might imply, too look like a rug that you place just beside your bed. The Canadian eponymous company that produces this alarm clock thought that requiring people to place their feet on Ruggie for a predetermined amount of time might prevent them to go back to sleep. The lack of a snooze button increases the effectiveness of this device.

By default, Ruggie is set to stop after standing with your feet on it for 3 seconds. The manufacturer claims that that duration can be customized, so if you’re a heavy sleeper, you know what to do. Instead of featuring a metal cold surface that would surely cause you to be grumpy from the beginning of the day, Ruggie comes with a memory foam that feels extremely comfortable. You know what else will prevent you from being grumpy all day long? The motivational speeches that are played back by Ruggie once it stops ringing.

The following video includes a couple of examples of motivational messages you could have Ruggie play back to you each morning. Having Arnold Schwarzenegger telling you to have a nice day right after you wake up can definitely help you start the day on the right foot. Keep in mind that these are just examples, and that you can customize the messages you want Ruggie to play back. If you need something extra to get you going, you might want to try Shia LaBoeuf’s Just Do It motivational speech. It would have been great if Ruggie had a weight sensor, so that it stopped only if it felt your entire body’s weight sitting on it.

Ruggie is currently featured on Kickstarter, where its developers have been looking to raise $50,000 CAD so that their product enters mass production. Luckily for them, the funding goal was exceeded in just five days, and the final amount might actually be a multiple of that goal, since the campaign still has 53 more days to go.

Early birds had the chance to reserve a Ruggie for themselves for $82 CAD, but the 500 spots are long gone, so if you want one, you’ll have to back the project with at least $110 CAD (around $79 USD). Included in the package are the Ruggie motivational speech alarm clock itself, a USB cable and a free eBook titled How to Wake Up Early and Build Successful Morning Routines. Assuming that the crowdfunding campaign ends well, Ruggie will start shipping its motivational speech alarm clocks in September 2016. Is it worth the wait? Will other companies launch innovative alarm clocks by then? Well, only time can tell.

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