Is there any use for old digital alarm clocks? I'm cleaning out my grandpa's old room and found one, and there are at least two others in the house.
It seems useless to just use as-is because we have phones and tablets that do a lot more than show the time and wake us up. But I don't want to throw away perfectly-working electronics if they can be reused.
Any ideas? #recycling #repurposing #electronics #diy #ewaste
@Jo None of these are bell-based to the best of my knowledge; I'm pretty sure they use tone pulses. So there's maybe a weak speaker, some circuit boards, a few wires and coils, and other stuff like that.
I just need ideas on what to do with any of those components, because my only idea right now is to just chuck it. 
@trwnh Maybe just dismantle them and stick the components in a box for now. 😅
@Jo Great, now I need a box. 😂
There's always a use for the "does one thing well" model, even in software.
Plus the hipster will always tell you clocks are a good way to bring the style sense into home decor without being too obnoxious about it. 😂
@SlightDashOfColour I don't even use the alarm on my phone, though -- alarms aren't something I use regularly, unless something important happens at a certain time. 
Some people need their alarms to be obnoxious to awaken from the "sleep of the dead". Let's face it, phones with their measly speakers just don't cut it. 😒
@SlightDashOfColour And some people don't need alarms, because they wake up at no set time. 
I guess realistically, I could maybe salvage a tinny speaker, a numerical LCD display, and possibly a circuit that can activate voltage at a given time?
@trwnh Honestly, they're still orders of magnitude more reliable than phone/tablet clocks IMO, at least on the basis of other people's experiences.
I still rely on bell-based clocks myself, because I'm such a heavy sleeper.