School’s already begun in some parts of the country. That means you can hear parents gnashing their teeth, wondering how to get their teens out of bed in the morning. Here’s an intriguing idea: a flying alarm clock.

When the alarm sounds, the propeller kicks into action and rises to fly around the room randomly. To turn off the alarm, the recipient of this particular gadget needs to get out of bed and retrieve the propeller to plug it back into the base. (Perhaps this has the double advantage of forcing the snoozer to keep his room picked up enough to find the propeller too!)

The alarm is digital and includes a backlit display, along with an easy to set snooze function. The only disadvantage: It requires four AA batteries to run — no electricity here. So consider getting rechargeable batteries too.

If black isn’t an amenable color for your teen’s décor — or the thought of consuming batteries gives you pause — perhaps this “princess version” in silver will do. It works the same — but you can buy an optional AC/DC adapter for it.

Time to rise and fly!