Already fully funded on Kickstarter with more than seven weeks left in the campaign, the Ruggie is a new alarm clock that utilizes a pressure sensor to turn off the buzzer. When the Ruggie alarm goes ...

Hackers often find uses for pressure sensitive materials, detecting footfalls during walking or keypresses in a synthesizer being two examples. [Marco Reps] decided he’d make a hi-res, body-sized ...

[Bill Porter] is helping a friend out by designing a simple security system for her home. It relies on Xbee modules to alert a base station when doors are opened, or a pressure mat is stepped on. The ...

Invented by Winson Tam, Ruggie is a talking alarm clock that forces you to get out of bed and stand on the mat to turn it off. Maya Dangerfield contributed reporting on a previous version of this ...