The Helicopter Alarm Clock wakes you up by imitating the sound of a chopper taking off and rotating its blades. Once the blades pick up momentum, they detach from the helicopter and shoot up into the air. The only way you can stop the alarm is by reattaching the spinning blades.

The Woodstation Clock, designed by French design house INOVAXION, is motion sensitive, lighting up when you wave your hand in front of it to display the weather forecast in universally recognised symbols of sunny, cloudy, stormy, rain etc (just think of those graphics that appear on screen when you watch your local weather report).

The Clapboard Alarm Clock displays the date, and time down to the deci-second (useful) and even has space to place your name as the director of your own bedtime flick (would have been better if you could do this electronically like the other parts of the display).

The Osim Nioi Clock by Alfie Lake awakes you with the smell of freshly baked bread. The problem is, if you were dreaming about bread, would you still wake up?…

The Shape Up! Alarm Clock is a perfect gift for couch potatoes and gym fanatics alike. There’s nothing like waking up knowing that you cannot switch of your alarm clock without putting in some work. From sleepy head to gym-freak in the blink of a sleepy eye…

Ever want a pill to make Monday morning go away? Well Hong-Kong agency Sequoia-studio have produced the concept Géluleis, a pill alarm clock. GadgetHeat wouldn’t advise that you swallow it though…