Meet the aXbo, a new gadget unlikely to win any Employers' Association awards.It's a situation for many of us that's all too familiar, say it's makers: the inevitable beep of the alarm which signals it's time to get up and we begin the day feeling groggy,
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Meet the aXbo, a new gadget unlikely to win any Employers' Association awards.
It’s a situation for many of us that’s all too familiar, say it's makers: the inevitable beep of the alarm which signals it’s time to get up and we begin the day feeling groggy, irritable and overtired.
The ground-breaking aXbo, now available in New Zealand for the first time, is the first sleep phase alarm clock in the world that allows you to be woken at the time that’s best for you (if maybe not so good for your boss, or the person you were going to meet for breakfast ... or that plane you were going to catch).
Austrian-designed, the aXbo works on a patented waking system that calculates your ideal waking time on the basis of your body movements.
By identifying sleep phases, the aXbo wakes you gently within the last 30 minutes before your preset alarm time, at a moment when your body is almost awake .
The clock comes with an aXbo terrycloth wristband, which you wear to bed.
The wristband contains a sensor that registers your movements during sleep and sends them to the alarm clock, which then interprets the information to determine your optimal waking time.
Available in white, black, red and pink, the aXbo retails for $359 for singles and RRP $399 for couples.
NBR's verdict. Sounds like great technology. Just don't call us after you get fired.
More: www.axbo.net.nz
