Wake Up Naturally. Build a Better Routine.
An open-source aromatherapy alarm clock to help you build and maintain a healthy circadian rhythm. Support the project and bring it to life.
What will you do with a new you?
More Than an Alarm Clock: A Habit-Building System
The `nuyu` clock isn't just for waking up; it’s a gentle guide for your entire sleep-wake cycle. It functions as a habit-building tool where you condition yourself to associate each scent with sleep or waking. Over time, these smells become powerful cues that help get your body and mind into the right state at the right time.
The Wind-Down (Evening)
The calming scent and warm, red-hued light help your body naturally produce melatonin. Through conditioning, the scent itself becomes a powerful trigger, signaling to your brain that it's time to rest.
The Gentle Wake-Up (Morning)
The morning scent can start before the light and sound, conditioning your body to begin raising cortisol, so you might even start waking up naturally before the alarm fully sounds.
The Habit Reinforcement
By performing a new habit while the morning scent is active, you create a powerful link. The clock can then re-introduce that scent during deep sleep to help solidify that new habit into your routine faster.
A Comprehensive Toolkit for Better Sleep
The nuyu clock is more than just a product—it's an open-source tool designed to help you establish a healthy circadian rhythm.
Two Independent Wells
Use a calming scent for bedtime and an energizing scent for waking up, without cross-contamination.
Personalized Voice Alarms
Set alarms with your own voice recordings to remind you why you want to wake up or go to sleep.
Sunrise-Simulating Light
Wake up naturally with a light that gradually brightens to mimic the dawn, helping you feel more alert.
Bedside Notebook
Capture late-night ideas or journal your dreams without reaching for your phone and its disruptive blue light.
Join Us & Build a Better Sleep Routine
nuyu is an open-source project for everyone. You can support its development, get an early device, or build one yourself.
Support Our Kickstarter
Be the first to get a polished, fully-assembled nuyu clock by backing our campaign. Your support directly funds production and future development.
Get Notified of LaunchBuild It Yourself
Are you a maker or DIY enthusiast? We'll release the complete build plans and code for free after a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Notify Me on ReleaseBuilt on Proven Science
nuyu integrates established principles from neuroscience and sleep science to create a powerful system for change.
The Science of Sleep
nuyu is designed around the structured cycles of sleep, supporting the deep sleep needed for physical restoration and the REM sleep vital for memory and emotional regulation.
The Science of Habit
By leveraging the morning cortisol peak, the system helps you form habits faster, offloading them from your conscious brain to your automatic "factory floor".
The Science of Scent
Smell has a unique 'superhighway' to the brain's memory and emotion centers, making scent a powerful tool to create strong, lasting associations with your new habits.
Project Roadmap
We believe in transparency. Here's our plan for bringing nuyu to life and what the future holds for the open-source project.
Phase 1
Concept & Validation
Phase 2
Prototyping
(We are here)
Phase 3
Production
(Preparing for Kickstarter)
Phase 4
Open Source
Why We're Building in the Open
Accessibility
Great technology should be available to everyone. By developing nuyu as an open-source project, we empower people to build, modify, and learn from our work. A healthy circadian rhythm shouldn't have a paywall.
Collaboration
We invite developers, designers, sleep science enthusiasts, and makers to contribute to a tool that is truly built by and for its community.
Transparency
From our circuit board schematics to the code that runs the alarm, everything is available for you to inspect. You have the right to understand and trust the technology in your home.