Let's face it. The daily fumble for the alarm clock is one of life's little impracticalities, designed not only to wake one from one's slumber and demand attention, but also to interrupt the pleasure of a good dream about a pretty lady. But no more. For this is the 21st century and the daily fumble could and should be a thing of the past.

Enter the latest in Radio Controlled Projection Clock Technology from those ever-so-scientific-Americans at Oregon Scientific. It's smooth. It's curvaceous. It's blue. And it's all-seeing... and all-knowing.

An omnipresent alarm clock? How so? Let us explain. Connected by the latest in wireless technology (called the radio) to a central timing source, it ensures that your alarm clock never misses a beat, even adjusting for GMT and BST without resorting to fiddling with manuals. It also knows everything there is to know about the internal and external temperature, courtesy of some rather nifty sensors. So no more padding down the stairs to pop your head out of the door dressed only in your jim-jams.

And if that wasn't enough, it will even project the whole lot onto your wall or ceiling in a restful and passive blue, so you're forever in the picture and always in the know. And that's quite simply the best place to be at 06.15 of a morning.