Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Woke Up With Wood-Smoked Bacon

The Wake n' Bacon is a collaborative alarm clock design by Matty Sallin, Daniel Bartolini and Hsiao-huh Hsu. It wakes you up with the delicious scent of bacon instead of beeping! How?

"A frozen strip of bacon is placed in Wake n' Bacon the night before.
Because there is a 10 minute cooking time, the clock is set to go off 10
minutes before the desired waking time. Once the alarm goes off, the clock it
sends a signal to a small speaker to generate the alarm sound. We hacked the
clock so that the signal is re-routed by a microchip that in responds by sending
a signal to a relay that throws the switch to power two halogen lamps that
slow-cook the bacon in about 10 minutes."
Simple as that. No loud noises, no breaking your alarm, just delicious bacon! Now what you need to do is keep a mini-fridge by the bed so you can toss in another piece, hit snooze, and ten minutes later: more bacon. Toss in another piece, hit snooze, and ten minutes later: more bacon. Toss in another piece, hit snooze, and ten minutes later: more bacon. Toss in another piece, hit snooze, and ten minutes later: you can't see past your pork-gut anymore because you eat two pounds of bacon every morning. Pig.

2 comments:

Chef Gaynol said...

Yes! Because there is nothing safer than bacon that has been sitting unrefrigerated for eight hours! Listeria for everyone!

Chef Gaynol said...

And my funnier half said, "The best part of waking up is salmonella in your cup!"