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Sensorwake is an olfactory alarm invented by Guillaume Rolland, a 17-year-old French student of the University of Technology of Compiègne (France), gifted and passionate about science. This device revolutionizes people's morning, especially for those who resent the brutal awakening, struggle to lift themselves out of sleep and those with hearing or vision impairments. A fan inside pulls in ambient air in the room and directs the air stream toward the sleeping person,rousing them with a particular scent. The device, which also has music and light awaking modes, is easy to use.

Inspiration and purpose
Guillaume Roland's invention was first brought to the Google Science Fair, a competition organized by the search for young inventors. Google offers $50,000 to the winner of the contest and $25,000 to each category (3 categories divided by age of participants). The final will take place in mid-September at the web giant's head office in Silicon Valley. Guillaume Roland got the idea of olfactory awakening from his father, who is the doctor of a retirement home. It is usually difficult to wake up old patients who resented the brutal awakening and struggle to lift themselves out of sleep, so he started to find an alternative to wake them up gently and give them a bit of independence.

Process of the invention & test
At the beginning, Guillaume Rolland got help from a chemistry teacher at his high school. Through a steam distillation process, he collected the essential oil menthol. The substance then sprayed by the apparatus, sends signals to the brain stimulants enough to cause the alarm. The teenager then worked with a company to vary the odor choices including coffee, chocolate, strawberry tagada, cut wood and soon the smell of the dollar. He is invited to the press conference and will be benefited from equipment in school to carry out the development of sensorwake. Etienne Labaou, a design student, designed the alarm clock and the École centrale de Nantes gave him great help with the latest 3D printer to produce several prototypes and provided many odors. Tested 40 times on a panel of different people, Guillaume Roland found that the device takes 30 to 120 seconds to wake the sleeper up. The olfactory has failed to wake the person twice but it managed to its inventor who had stuffy nose. More of the users were conquered and considered it as a enjoyable experience. They are looking forward to being woken up by the smell.

Function
Sensorwake has 3 buttons for 3 modes : music, light and olfactory awakening. By inserting a pod soaked essential oil before going to sleep, it will work on time. A few drops of perfume in the hermetically closed container is enough. At the appointed hour, a valve rises and a small fan propels the smell to the sleeper. Recovery is almost immediate, usually 30 seconds to a minute depending on the person and the odor used. The smell is always powerful enough to get the sleeper out of his lethargy. However, if the smell is not enough to wake the sleeper up, a default alarm will be automatically triggered 2 minutes after the spraying of the essential oil.