Seiko has announced a new Hello Kitty alarm clock, which triples as a thermometer and a hand mirror. The compact device (92×32×80mm) will go on sale in Japan this week. It will wake you up with three ...

The folks over at Seiko, apparently lamenting the fact that the company doesn't manufacture cars, are jumping on the hybrid bandwagon nonetheless. In late August two hybrid clocks will be released in ...

Digital Zen Clock. Alarm clocks are terrible, terrible things. But even monks have the occasional appointment to keep. This Zen clock uses a series of slowly quickening E-tone chimes to lull you awake ...

Readers Meg, Wayne, and Rajiv all wrote in to ask about the tune that clock chimes typically play. What’s it called? Where did it come from? How’d it get so popular? Here’s the story. In 1793, a new ...