Technabob » atomic http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Giant Digital Atomic Wall Clock and Thermometer: You Won’t Have Any Trouble Reading This http://technabob.com/blog/2011/09/20/giant-digital-atomic-wall-clock-thermometer/ http://technabob.com/blog/2011/09/20/giant-digital-atomic-wall-clock-thermometer/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:30:45 +0000 Range http://technabob.com/blog/?p=67739 Wall clocks are a dime a dozen, but there’s something quite appealing about this one. It’s the Giant Digital Atomic Wall Clock and Thermometer, and it’s basically one of the smaller ones that has been made a lot bigger so that you can read it from clear across your room.

giant lcd wall clock

The 4.5″ tall LCD numbers are visible from about 30 feet away. In addition to time in either 12 or 24 hour modes, it also displays the current day and date. Plus, you’ll get all of the benefits of knowing the exact (indoor) temperature, if you care about that. It’s made by a company that supplies these clocks for Canadian hospitals and government buildings. The clock will refresh the time each night so it’s completely accurate. It uses 3 “C” batteries to power it’s large display, and can easily be wall-mounted.

You can buy it on Amazon from American Science & Surplus for $79.95 (USD).

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]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2011/09/20/giant-digital-atomic-wall-clock-thermometer/feed/ 0 Atom Watch: Basic Unit of Matter Makes for Complicated Watch http://technabob.com/blog/2011/06/15/atom-watch/ http://technabob.com/blog/2011/06/15/atom-watch/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:31:05 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=58868 A challenger appears in the competition for the title of World’s Most Unreadable Timepiece, a competition that no one in particular asked for nor wanted. When I first saw the Atom Watch I was so sure that this was from those crazy designers at Tokyoflash. But apparently, not only is this not from Tokyoflash, it also seems even harder to read than the company’s take on an atomic-themed watch.

atom watch from thinkgeek

According to the product page, the hour and minute hands of the Atom Watch follow the path of the electrons, while the second hand “originates” from the nucleus. Yeahhhh…nope. Don’t get it. I miss school.

atom watch from thinkgeek 2

Oh wait! It’s that smaller circle that indicates the minutes, while the ellipses are the second hand. Is that it? Dammit. I wish there was a video of this thing in action.

atom watch from thinkgeek 3

…and that picture does not help at all. The watch is clearly on a right hand, but it’s worn lefty style. Unless this person has two thumbs on his left hand. Or that’s actually a middle hand. I don’t know. Freakin’ Atom Watch, how do you work? Someone get one from ThinkGeek for $120 (USD) and figure it out. Buy several and you can make a molecule watch. Sorry. Couldn’t help it.

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]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2011/06/15/atom-watch/feed/ 0 Is That an Atomic Clock in Your Pocket? http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/20/is-that-an-atomic-clock-in-your-pocket/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/20/is-that-an-atomic-clock-in-your-pocket/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:46:03 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/20/is-that-an-atomic-clock-in-your-pocket/ sa3xm atomic clockRecent breakthroughs in physics and component miniaturization have enabled the creation of an atomic clock that measures just 2″ x 2″ x 0.7″.

Symmetricom’s SA.3Xm miniature rubidium atomic clock module is about 1/5th the size of the smallest atomic clocks which are currently available. It’s designed for use in applications where accurate timing is critical, like high speed wireless data services Although I suppose you could make a really precise desk clock with it too if you have an OCD about being on time.

For those of us who don’t need such accuracy, there’s always this clock.

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