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My girlfriend isn't hearing impaired, but when she sleeps, she'd dead to the world and her alarm will go for minutes before she wakes up. I've found a few nudges with the elbow works just fine, but they're not always well received. An alternative to vibration could be air currents. A fan or blow dryer on a timer at the outlet, and then aimed at her head might work here, although it wouldn't work for the door bell.<div><br></div><div><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:54:15 -0500<br>> From: jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com<br>> To: edgecity@rogers.com<br>> CC: Lab@artengine.ca<br>> Subject: Re: [Lab] Looking for ideas<br>> <br>> That's what I do when I don't want to wake up my wife when I leave early<br>> <br>> <br>> On 11/18/12, nfk <edgecity@rogers.com> wrote:<br>> > has she tried using a cell phone alarm on vibrate and sleeping with it under<br>> > the pillow?<br>> ><br>> > On 2012-11-17, at 10:48 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:42:26PM -0500, Bruce Harding wrote:<br>> >>> I've re-thought that, and I think something that would fit on her side of<br>> >>> the<br>> >>> bed near her head or under pillow would be better for me. :-) I was<br>> >>> thinking<br>> >>> of using an old electric toothbrush motor similar in a way to the<br>> >>> suggestion<br>> >>> from other person that replied.<br>> >><br>> >> So just hook the alarm clock output to the toothbrush motor. No need for<br>> >> an<br>> >> Arduino. Ok, maybe it needs a transistor, but not a whole Arduino.<br>> >><br>> >>> --<br>> >>> Bruce Harding<br>> >>> Information Broker<br>> >>> Member: IEEE, SPIE, IACR<br>> >>> HTTP://GOO.GL/LN3RW<br>> >>><br>> >>> On November 17, 2012 06:09:18 PM you wrote:<br>> >>>> You could drive a motor controller to a high speed motor and off set<br>> >>>> weight<br>> >>>> attached to the bed to shake the bedframe<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>> -- Sent from my HP TouchPad<br>> >>>> On 17 Nov 2012 5:51 PM, Bruce Harding <bruce.harding@faintfuzzies.ca><br>> >>>> wrote:<br>> >>>> My wife is losing her hearing and I'd like to build her a few things<br>> >>>> with<br>> >>>> Arduino's that could help her out.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Her hearing is like this 1/4 in one ear and 1/2 in the other. This week<br>> >>>> the<br>> >>>> alarm went off for 8 minutes before I got tired of listening to it and<br>> >>>> came<br>> >>>> up stairs to wake her up. The problem is she was sleeping on her good<br>> >>>> ear.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> So I was thinking what about a Arduino that recognizes her alarm and<br>> >>>> a.)<br>> >>>> vibrates the bed or b.) vibrates something under her pillow or c.) a<br>> >>>> string<br>> >>>> of flashing bright LED's or d.) open the blinds or e.) all of the<br>> >>>> above?<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>> So if you seen a similar project or have ideas on how I can proceed let<br>> >>>> me<br>> >>>> know.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>> I've also got to apply this at some point to our door bell as well.<br>> >>>> --<br>> >>>> Bruce Harding<br>> >><br>> >> slainte mhath, RGB<br>> >><br>> >> --<br>> >> Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\<br>> >> <hpv.tricolour.net><br>> >> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer<br>> >> bike!<br>> >> Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\%<br>> >> Vote! --<br>> >> <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________<br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Lab mailing list<br>> >> Lab@artengine.ca<br>> >> http://artengine.ca/mailman/listinfo/lab<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Lab mailing list<br>> > Lab@artengine.ca<br>> > http://artengine.ca/mailman/listinfo/lab<br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> <br>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc<br>> ---<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Lab mailing list<br>> Lab@artengine.ca<br>> http://artengine.ca/mailman/listinfo/lab<br></div></div> </div></body>
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