Nixie clocks may be the best way to keep time that man has invented. So when you combine the Nixie clock with a table, the results are surely awesome right? Yes and no. The tubes look great on the antique table, the problem is that it is a very small table that will fit on a desk. What we need is to up the tube size and up the table size. Maybe make it mantle size to put on your fireplace mantle. Somebody needs to get on this right away.The nixie clock needs to go giant, and now! How about a giant nixie clock on a building? On top of a stadium. Yes, let’s go bigger people.

Geeks with no Dark lord to bow down to will want to hang this Darth Vader clock on their wall. Then once a day bow down on one knee and ask “What is thy bidding master?”. That’s probably when your mom will sound off from the other side of your door and tell you to do some laundry. That is thy bidding.

This clock is actually kind of sad. Vader just looks silly impaled with clock hands on his forehead. It’s from England’s Wesco Limited and measures over 6 inches tall, features glowing red eyes, and includes a Vader sound effect. It also requires 3 x AAA batteries. It will cost you $34.99 in disposable geek income.

Meet the Room Tech Beingz Alarm Clock, and Mood Lamp. They’re buddies who collaborate and wake you as a team. The clock’s feet light up, the it opens it’s mouth wide to sound off in one of three different noises to wake you up. It will also move its arms up and down if you don’t get up. It will even play music and do a little dance to the tunes, .so it isn’t completely annoying.

The mood lamp is a bit more calm, with four different brightness settings depending on your mood. It too will dance, and respond to your touch. They sport a very cool retro look, with a modern twist. The pair can even communicate with one another if they’re within 15 feet. The Alarm Clock can get the Lamp to turn on it’s brightest setting. That added with the noise should get you up and make you hate them day after day.

The folks at iLuv announced today a rather cool looking new dual dock alarm clock which works with the iPhone 3G. It’s called the iMM173 and it prices around $130, with expected availability next month.

The new iMM173 offers dual integrated universal docks for iPods and iPhones. One can choose and play either of the two docked players. There’s also auxiliary line input for audio devices with a 3.5mm jack. Other features include a special user interface on the LCD display, sound enhancement technology, FM radio and an included remote control.

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We’ve covered our share of Batman related gadgets, some good, some bad. But lately gadget makers seem to have rediscovered a long lost love for the Bat-Signal. They’re putting it on everything as if it were just invented in the latest movies. This strange looking clock is no exception.

This Dark Knight themed alarm clock radio features an AM/FM tuner and will also let you project the Bat-signal on your wall or ceiling. Some other features: 12/24 Hour Mode Display Time, Alarm function with 8 different melodies and tones, Adjustable Snooze Timer, AM/FM Radio Band, 180-degree rotation arm for front or back projection, AC Adaptor (included) or 4 AAA Batteries (not included). For $19.99 it’s a bargain for the kid in you.

If you’re the type that spends $37 on a cuckoo clock that spits out a chocolate ball every hour, then chances are you’ve been to the Wonka factory and got kicked out for being the fat kid drinking from the chocolate lake. It dispenses a sweet diabetic causing treat every half hour and if you aren’t fast enough it will snatch it back.

But it’s also got a cheat button, for those with no willpower at all, that will deliver the treats anytime you want. Too bad it doesn’t dole out some insulin shots too. It’s much easier to just eat chocolate whenever you want, instead of relying on a small vending machine.

It’s no R2-D2 projector clock, but Coby’s CR-A78 alarm clock is pretty cool in it’s own right, having kind of a 2001/Robot head with a laser look. In addition to the built-in projector that creates a virtual red LED time display on the targeted surface, the clock also has an AM/FM tuner, music alarm option, and a timer function. When I first saw this I thought the price would be expensive, but it’s only a very cheap $13.50. This one will fit right in with all of your other Futuristic looking gadgets.

Nixie clocks and the like are pretty damn sexy. No question about it. But here’s a clock retro-sexual enough to make even the Nixie clock all hot and bothered. As well as us geeks. It was created by David Forbes, in his Cathode Corner laboratories, and somehow manages to capture the old and the new in a completely unique way, sporting a 3/8-inch acrylic case and a cathode ray tube that tells the time inside.

For $999 you get a display that shows analog style or digital style numbers, with GPS so that you are assured to have the exact time, and knobs on the back. Gorgeous nerd-gasmic knobs to fiddle with. According to Forbes, a limited production version is almost ready for buying. I don’t know about you, but we want one.

We’ve covered alarm clocks that wake you with bird songs, clocks that wake you up by cooking bacon even. Here’s one that wakes you with various smells. I know what you’re thinking, doesn’t my significant other already wake me with smells? Especially after a Mexican dinner? Not that kind.

The Osim Nioi alarm clock awakes you with gentle smells as it emits either a lavender or rose fragrance in the night to help you sleep better. It uses other smells like freshly baked bread to rouse you in the morning. Each smell comes in a smell canister. Designer Alfie Lake’s concept isn’ton store shelves, but if all goes well he’ll smell ya later. Or you him. Or you bread.

The alarm clock is one of those things many of us really don’t give much thought to — I know I don’t. My house is jammed with all sorts of high-tech goodies, yet I am rocking the same alarm clock that used to wake me up for high school. Maybe it’s time for me to upgrade to one of these cool new Memorex clocks.

Memorex announced a pair of new alarm clocks that sport the typical clock requirement of today — an iPod dock. The dock allows both clocks to wake users to tunes from their iPod and it charges the iPod at the same time. The smallest of the pair of clocks is the Memorex Mi4019. It is available in pink, black, or white colors and can wake you to a buzzer, AM/FM radio or your iPod.

Most people want to flip the bird to their alarm clock, but this clock is for those who love the sound of birds. Or maybe you live in the city and don’t get to hear very many bird calls. For whatever reason, some of you may want to be woken up by the soothing sounds of birds. And that’s what this clock is all about.

The Singing Bird Alarm Clock wakes you each morning with your choice of bird call. You’ll think you are a baby chick in a nest for a few groggy seconds in the morning. It’s portable and runs on 3 AAA batteries. You can buy different bird call cards that go with the clock for $10.50 each if you get sick of the originals. You can even buy a frog call card, for some reason. Not for me thank you. I have birds that already wake me up with their yakking outside. But if you want to be one with nature, it costs $39.95.

Here’s a neat large LED clock that also doubles as a bookshelf and holds your stuff. Pretty nifty space saving idea. The area not taken up by shelf space contains LED strips that act as a clock. And when you look for the time, you’ll always see your stuff. Whether it’s your prize Spiderman statue, porn award or even your mint condition Ewok village, it will be displayed in style. I think Lucas in Carbonite would look swell above this thing.

We all hate alarm clocks, but without them we would all just show up at work whenever we managed to rouse ourselves out of our slumber. Probably around 1 or 2 PM. The makers of the Wake n’ Bacon alarm clock want you to feel good about waking up.

And what could be better then waking up to the smell of sizzling bacon. It works like this: At bedtime you insert a slice of uncooked bacon. It will begin cooking ten minutes before the alarm goes off, so you can wake up to some artery clogging pig meat. It’s kind of disgusting and yet a monument to awesomeness at the same time.

Chances are you’re looking for a clock that will wake you up more gently then the Dumbbell Alarm Clock. This alarm clock from Philips should do the trick.

It features gradually increasing alarm volume, so that the clock wakes you up very gently while playing your favorite tunes, using a radio station or a buzzer alarm. It does double duty as a multiple display digital photo frame, each of the five pictures displaying at 128 x 128 pixels on 1.5 inch displays. You can even make them rotate in a slide show. Some other features include a calendar and voice recorder that you can record important information on.

This device is either completely genius or utterly sadistic. I’m not sure which. It’s an alarm clock that forces you to work out when you wake up. It’s basically a dumbbell with a motion sensor embedded inside, ensuring that you’ll work out every morning, stay fit and get fully awake…And pissed off.

It was designed by Yuk Wang for Fred Worldwide. The SHAPE UP! alarm clock makes sure that you flex your arm muscles for at least 30 reps before the alarm shuts off. No price or release date yet, but it’s the perfect motivator to get rid of all your flab. Buy two and double the fun.