Hasta La Gadget!

What could be more redolent of the morning than alarm clocks and toast? Nothing. Well, perhaps the smell of bacon frying and coffee brewing, but this iPhone alarm clock is in the shape of a toaster, not a percolator or skillet. It’s called the Day Maker, and it pops your iPhone 4 up like a slice of toast when it thinks you’re ready to start the day.

There are slots for charging two iPhones, should you be lucky enough to share a bed with somebody as tasteful as yourself. When the time comes to wake up, the phone jumps up and the alarm sounds. And like all good alarm clocks you can defer the start of the day with snooze, in this case activated by pushing the phone back down.

The concept design is by Michael Kritzer, and is currently being shopped around by product showcase Habitco in the hopes of finding a manufacturer. I’d buy one, if only I had an iPhone 4, and if only I didn’t keep my existing alarm clock — a cracked old iPod Touch — in a real toaster on my nightstand (don’t ask. It’s something to do with midnight bagel cravings).

I’d like to see this as a more generic piece, though, and not just for one model of cellphone. As Apple seems to be updating its physical iPhone designs every two years, the maximum life for this toaster is a little over one year.

Day Maker [Michael Kritzer via Cult of Mac]

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