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Sunrise alarm clock

Bedside lamp that brightens gradually in the half hour before the alarm sounds

A lamp on the nightstand fades up over 20 or 30 minutes, so the room is already bright when the sound arrives. The appeal is waking without a phone buzzing in a dark bedroom, and most models finish with birdsong or a radio station rather than a beep. Dark winter mornings are the obvious case for one. Light output sits far below daylight, so it works alongside getting outside rather than replacing it.

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  • Host · Modern Wisdom

    Says a sunrise alarm clock is the first thing that happens in his day. It wakes him to a Houston radio station that broadcasts sermons, because he would rather wake to people speaking than to music. His phone spends the night outside the bedroom.

    Source: Ben Greenfield Life podcast transcript

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