See link.
Spring-loaded mechanical arm throws book at you at pre-determined time.
If this thing doesn't wake you up, you're probably dead.
Or still awake.-- DeathNinja, Aug 14 2003 Book-In-The-Face http://www.abookabove.com/Coming soon to a Sharper Image near you [DeathNinja, Oct 05 2004] A hardback edition of The Brothers Karamazov would wake me up, but I reckon I could sleep through a paperback Metamorphosis-- custardlove, Aug 14 2003 I laughed out loud from the title alone :) Load it with an encyclopaedia set, and you can have a "snooze" function.-- Detly, Aug 14 2003 random, halfbakery