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Alarm Wrist Watch

Posted ideaonly on December 24th, 2007 | Filed under - digital life, Production Design

A wristwatch that vibrates when audible alarms such as fire alarm go off. Most suitable for hearing impaired people in public buildings. Highly commended in RSA Inclusive Worlds 06/07.

Designer: Nikita Golovlev

Yankodesign:

“Designer Nikita Golovlev has created a watch for the hearing impaired. AlarMe is a very unique and stylish design that has the ability to alert those who cannot hear an audible alarm by vibration on the watch. The watch has two built in multidirectional microphones that measure the surrounding ambient sound levels. Once the sound changes frequency, the vibrating alarm alerts the user that there is a situation going on and they need to leave the area. The LED lights and face alert the user as to what the alarm is, and if it is a serious situation or one where only caution needs to be had. “