In fact, the “Timely Wake-Up Device” was invented in 1964 by the Japanese railway company JR East.

Most of us have an innate passion for…sleeping.

However, with the fast pace of modern life, often sleeping in will cost us dearly, even lose our jobs.

To Japanese Twitter user @igz0, traditional alarm clocks seem useless because they cannot defeat the “sleeping monster” in their souls. Therefore, he boldly invested a large amount of money to buy a “Timely Wake-up Device”.

“It was hopeless this morning, so I bought a ‘just-in-time wake-up device’ that JR East employees use. The manufacturer says it can wake anyone but the dead. Retail price 100,000 quiet.”

Up until now, alarm clocks weren’t too expensive, but the thing in that Japanese cardboard box was up to 100,000 yen (about ~1000 USD). After receiving the goods, @igz0 posted a confided message:

“It was hopeless this morning, so I bought the ‘Timely Wake-Up Device’ that JR East employees use. The manufacturer says it can wake anyone but the dead. Retail price 100,000 quiet.”

As complicated as it looks, in the cardboard box there is an air pump, a rectangular airbag and a timer. The principle of operation is also very simple: After connecting all the above 3 things, the bag will be inflated according to the predetermined time, then it will slowly deflate and be inflated again, until the user just wake up and turn it off.

The video shows how the “Timely wake-up device” works .

The ~1000$ alarm system that JR East employees use to teach on time: “Can wake anyone but the dead”

At first glance, everyone thought the airbag of the “Timely Wake-Up Device” was to change the headrest.

However, the manufacturer’s intention is to put it under the bed sheet (flat form). Arrive on time to teach, the timer will trigger the air pump and BOOM! The user will be contorted and have to wake up.

Is there a broken spine? No, they calculated it all, just stopped at the uncomfortable level and couldn’t go back to sleep. Like this:

If the squirming body is not enough to wake you up, the built-in timer with timer will ring continuously but if you want to turn it off, your only option is to press the A button at the same time and B at the same time.

In fact, the “Timely Wake-Up Device” was invented in 1964 by the Japanese railway company JR East.

This is one of the ways for this company to maintain discipline and ensure employees get to work on time as possible. Simply because, a few minutes of sleeping in can cause thousands of people to be late to work, lose their jobs, negatively affect the economy…

If you’re interested, head over to  the JR East website  to order this wacky alarm right away.