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Out goes the ‘beep’ or ‘buzz’. In comes the ‘light alarm’. Philips has branded it the Wake-up Light With Dock for iPod and its meant to gradually wake you as well as gently drift you to sleep with light and sound. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.

Philips says “The senitivity to light differs a lot per person. In general, when using a higher light intensity a person needs less time to become fully awake.” That’s why the Wake-Up Light gradually increase in a 30 minute period up to 300 Lux. “Light falls on your eyes and positively affects your energy hormones, preparing your body to wake up. This makes waking up a more pleasant feeling,” their Web site says.

It also includes an iPod dock so you start waking up slowly to your own tunes or live programming via its built-in FM radio.

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Bose invented the noise-canceling headphone. So while others try and copy them, Bose continues to try and innovate. The QuietComfort 15 headphones are the result.

This new pair of Bose noise canceling headphones feature a new sound reduction technology that is designed to offer improved attenuation in loud environments. Together with TriPort venting to increase low frequency output without artificially boosting the audio signal, early reviewers feel is the most effective noise-cancellation headphone pair you can buy.

Power comes through a single AAA battery for about 35 hours of usage. A long detachable audio cable let’s you use these without pumping music through them to shut out the screaming kid in 22A.

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