Way too cool

摘要

In mid-2005, the Hilton family of hotels mandated installation of the official Hilton Family Clock Radio in 250,000 rooms. This wonderful labor-saving device was designed to rectify two long-standing problems at the hotel: the tendency of guests to foul up traditional clock-radio settings and the burden imposed on hotel staff of checking and maintaining the correct time.rnHilton's clock designers overcame the first difficulty with four buttons atop the unit. These buttons are preset to radio stations that local hotel management selects. With this design, you can wake to one of the hotel's stations, the buzzer, or nothing. No longer can pesky hotel guests leave thernmachine inadvertently dialed to an alternative radio station or white noise (my personal favorite wake-up sound).