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old world nixie tube clock: going for baroque

filed under: retro | timepieces

Nixie Tube Baroque Clock

I’m not sure if this clock design qualifies as “steampunk” or simply anachronistic, but it sure looks different than just about any timepiece I’ve ever seen.

Combining retro Nixie tubes with a baroque antique bronze enclosure, it’s definitely different. For some reason, I’m betting your Grandma probably didn’t have one of these on her mantle…

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September 25th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

768 led clock laughs in the face of 7-segment displays

filed under: design | timepieces

768 LED Digital Clock

With a whopping 128 bright LEDs on each digit, there’s no chance that you’ll miss the time on this clock.

Sporting a total of 768 individually addressable amber LEDs, each one of the numbers slides into and out of view as the hours, minutes and seconds tick away…

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September 18th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

tell time on the outer limits with the rim clock

filed under: design | strange and wonderful | timepieces

The Rim Clock turns all that you know about clocks inside out. Instead of staying put and pointing to numbers like the hands of other, more well-behaved clocks, the hands on the Rim Clock are actually protrusions that go around the outside and point to the wall.

The Rim Clock was designed by Jansen Lye to be minimalist and distinctive…

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September 11th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

pong watch will entertain you on long bus rides

filed under: retro | timepieces | video games

This homemade Pong watch will entertain you with retro gaming moves while informing you of the time.

The idea is inspired by Buro Vormkrijgers and his Pong Clock. You can’t control the game, but rather it’s a Pong game in which every minute the right side scores a point, and each hour the left side scores a point. The effect is that the score of the game is the time…

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September 5th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

clock-a-doodle-doo: time telling magna doodle hack

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Clock-a-Doodle-Doo

This unique electromechanical clock is like a cross between a Magna Doodle and an Etch-a-Sketch.

Using a modified Magna Doodle as the basis for their display, the Clock-a-Doodle-Doo is the brainchild of a recent UCLA mechanical engineering class.
The clock uses a XY plotter-like mechanism to “draw” the current time by neatly arranging the magnetic particles with a mechanical pen…

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August 9th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

r2-d2 projection alarm clock: it’s droid time

filed under: just plain fun | timepieces

R2-D2 Projection Alarm Clock

R2-D2 is a master of product merchandising. The little droid’s likeness has appeared on everything from desktop speakers to USB hubs and salt and pepper shakers. Now you can take Artoo to bed with you every night with this new alarm clock.

This October, UK toy maker Wesco Limited will release these tabletop R2-D2 alarm clocks…

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August 8th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

around about clock: the hand stays still while the clock moves

filed under: timepieces

The Around About Clock turns all that you know about normal clocks on its head- er, side. Instead of hands going around a static clock face, these numbers rotate clockwise behind a static hand.

The clock was designed by Anthony Dickens for Lexon and comes in black or white with a red arm…

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August 7th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

vibrating alarm clock wakes you with a cheap thrill

filed under: strange and wonderful | timepieces

Karlsson Vibrating Alarm Clock

If the Screaming Meanie alarm clock had you grabbing your ears in pain, maybe this alarm will work better for you. Instead of waking you up with shrill beeps or buzzy klaxons, this new clock rouses you (or is that A-rouses you?) with gentle vibrations…

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August 5th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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