For TJ ?

As I read this article, I couldn't help but think of my nephew TJ who watches a clock and waits for 6am before he gets up. Hey Sis!, Maybe this would work better for you.

'Reverse Alarm Clock' keeps the kids in bed so you can party

Posted May 11th 2007 1:02PM by Evan Blass

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Three
cheers for Professor John Zimmerman, who's finally doing some research
to benefit Joe Public, and who has invented a device that lets parents
sleep in late and put the kids to bed early on those long summer days.
Zimmerman, of Carnegie Mellon's School of Design and Human-Computer
Interaction Institute (and probably a parent himself), designed the
so-called 'Reverse Alarm Clock' to give the tykes a visual
representation of their expected schedule; when the clock's 'Sky
Display' shows a sun, young children know they're free to roam about
the house, but when a moon and stars appear, they'd better not get out
of bed lest the boogie monster devour them whole. So far the system --
which uses a parent-set sunrise and moonset calculator, and also
features a "Treasure Chest Music Selector" to pleasantly awaken your
own little treasures -- doesn't seem to be commercially available,
which is kind of a shame, because we know more than a few people who
would love to trick their tiny terrors into bedtime at five o'clock on
the daily.

Original Article here.

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