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> Makes me get out of bed and tap my phone on a specific NFC tag placed somewhere around the house, in order to turn off the alarm.

Neat, but is there an advantage between this and "Place the alarm clock further from the bed"?

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Not a huge advantage, but I'd say mostly range and flexibility. You may want to put the tag farther away than you could hear an alarm clock, if you want to go to another room. And you could customize the alarm so you're guided towards a different tag every day of the week, without needing multiple (or any) alarm clocks.

> You may want to put the tag farther away than you could hear an alarm clock, if you want to go to another room.

cries in studio apartment

The noise maker (alarm) is still close to him.

Fair. My mother used to put one of those old rattling alarm clocks with two bells on top into a metallic dish and placed that combo at the other end of the room. Similar concept.

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