Can Circa make the case for an alarm clock in the age of smartphones?
The alarm clock has existed in a weird place since the advent of the smartphone — after all, why have a separate device on your nightstand for telling the time or waking you up in the morning when your phone already does that?
That hasn’t stopped companies from trying to reinvent the alarm clock for the connected era, and Circa, a new Kickstarter project from Circa Labs, seems like one of the nicer attempts at the idea.
Unlike some of the other smart alarm clocks out there, Circa doesn’t include voice controls or built-in Alexa. There is smart home integration through Triggi, which means you’ll be able to set things like having your lights or heat go on along with your alarm in the morning, but it’s a more passive system than, say, an…
