In Defence (or, Defense) of Clocky

Clocky is a smart clock, invented by Gauri Nanda at MIT. This clock, on being tried to stop from shouting, climbs down the table/nightstand, rolls over and hides somewhere, so that the lazybum who owns it, has to finally leave the bed to stop it from shouting. And not only that, it would find a new place everyday. In my opinion, this is a very useful and brilliant invention.

But what is the reward for making this invention?An Ig Noble award: the award that is given to people, whose inventions should NOT be repeated. I don't what was so bad or negative about this invention to deserve an Ig Noble. But then, it's not the philosophers but some egocentric megalomaniacs, who rule the world and call the shots.

I think, what this episode tells us is crystal clear: Don't throw pearls at the swine!
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Source: http://www.clocky.net/
Pic Source: http://web.media.mit.edu/~nanda/projects/clocky.html