RFID / NFC Alarm Clock — YouTube link —

Idea/Purpose: The original idea was to make an RFID / NFC wrist band that a person (me) would wear before they went to bed. When they woke up to the sound of their alarm clock on the other side of the room, the only way that they could turn it off was by physically getting out of bed and touching their wristband to the RFID tag reader inside of the lamp shade. The reason behind making this was that it forced you to actually get out of bed, and in turn helped make the mornings a bit easier on the user.

Design: Although the intentions were to make the RFID tag the wearable portion of the project, due to time constraints and a few bumps in the road, a lot of what I planned didn’t actually pan out. The final result ended with the Arduino board  attached to the inside of a lamp shade, and the RFID tag itself was a simple credit card sized card that the user had to swipe in front of the RFID / NFC reader.

Electronics: RFID/NFC shield, RFID card, buzzer ( Arduino speaker ), Arduino Uno board.

More time: If I had more time I would look to actually create what I had set out to create, and make the RFID wrist band something that was not only functional but also something that was comfortable and looked nice. I would also look to integrate the Arduino board into the lamp a little more seamlessly, and make the overall functionality of the device less dependent on so many attached parts.