Let's put a smile on that face

This is a smile-detecting alarm clock. The only way for you to turn this alarm off is to look into the camera above the screen and give a big-o smile. When the camera catches your smile the sound will turn off that way you start your day with a smile. The picture above states, "according to an article, even a fake smile is good for our mental health."

This alarm is intended for adults and young adults who wish to just simply start their mornings better off than just snoozing an alarm and rolling out of bed and starting off the day in a grumpy mood. It's better for our health to start off our day on a positive note and with that it can possibly send us off to a good day.

This alarm appears to be touch screen, where you would be able to set up the settings to your alarm, such as alarm time, days, and alarm ring tone. The time appears on the screen and the camera is located at the top. The device sits on what appears to be a charging station or a holding station for the alarm. At the bottom there is an opening with a blue light glowing. When the light turns blue, it indicates that you have successfully silenced the alarm. The red light indicates that you need to smile bigger and the yellow light indicates that you are almost there (you need a bigger smile).

The problems with this device is that it imitates an Apple product, such as the iPod touch, and that can cause some confusion to some people who purchase it, expecting that this alarm clock can do more than just set an alarm and detect a smile. Another problem that could arise is if the camera will be able to detect a smile if the room is dark. Hopefully most people sleep in the dark with curtains closed and some people wake up before the sun rises so would the person have to turn on the light and then look into the camera? I might also be a solution forcing the person to physically get up out of bed, move around to turn the light on and then smile. Once the person is up and about and moving it's difficult to go back to sleep. With that being said it's a great gadget to have in the house so people can wake up in a happy and healthy way every morning.