Alarms no longer go off when a resident shifts in bed or rises from a wheelchair at Oakwood Village Prairie Ridge in Madison. Nurses no longer place fall mats next to beds or lower beds to the floor ...

Getting up in the morning can be tough, but a new alarm will help you get out of bed, and stay up! It’s called the Ruggie. It’s basically a rug on the floor with an alarm. The Ruggie forces sleepy ...

Invented by Winson Tam, Ruggie is a talking alarm clock that forces you to get out of bed and stand on the mat to turn it off. Maya Dangerfield contributed reporting on a previous version of this ...