Cleared for Takeoff: It’s the solution heavy sleepers have been waiting for: Apparently, all it takes to avoid repeated tardiness to work is a helicopter! This alarm clock launches its little foam payload at the critical moment and doesn't stop wailing until you get up, fetch the mini copter on the other side of the room, and place it back in its holder. Not as cool as that roof-to-roof chauffeur service you were considering, but still. Flying Alarm Clock $50; . . . Etc.

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