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Who says a traditional dial is the only way to display the time on an analog clock? This new timekeeper deconstructs hours, minutes and seconds onto separate clock faces.
The minimal Just a Moment clock from Israel’s Reddish Studio does away with convention, breaking time into its most basic raw elements…
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November 3rd, 2007
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filed under: strange and wonderful | timepieces
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This amazing clock may have been constructed almost 400 years ago, but it’s just as bone-chilling as it was back then. To tell the time, just crack open his skull cap, and the clock is where his brains should be.
The skull and crossbones automaton clock has a mechanical moving jaw, and snakes that dart out of its eyeballs…
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October 28th, 2007
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filed under: home entertainment | media players
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Here’s a nice way to wake from your slumber every morning. The Boynq WakeUp not only looks good, it’s got everything you need on your bedside table.
In addition to its digital alarm clock, The Wake Up offers an FM radio and an iPod dock. A substantial 20-watt amp powers the stereo system…
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October 25th, 2007
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filed under: design | gadgets | timepieces
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Originally created in 1979, and recently revamped for a new generation, this mysterious chrome device is actually a timepiece.
Rather than using hands or digits, the Audocron uses a series of beeps and flashing lights to indicate the current time.
In automatic mode, the chrome plated metal clock offers up a chime on the half hour and hour…
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October 23rd, 2007
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filed under: design | gadgets
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This nifty gadget from Italy’s Rotaliana combines a bunch of useful capabilities in one convenient box. The Multibook offers a lamp, clock and a handy organizer for your electronic chargers, all under the same hood.
Until you turn on the Multibook, it looks a lot like an ordinary book…
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October 22nd, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | timepieces
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Irish Artist Finn Magee created this series of works which take common electrical household items and turn them into 2-dimensional posters. The innovative part of his Flat Life series is that the objects remain fully functional in their flat states.
While they may just be flat posters, the pieces still plug into a wall socket. The images are then illuminated by embedded LEDs…
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October 12th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | timepieces
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The latest weather information station from Oregon Scientific uses infrared motion-sensing technology to automatically adjust its display based on your distance from the device.
When you’re on the other side of the room, the Weather In Motion displays the current time and day of week in large digits along with a 24-hour forecast icon…
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October 8th, 2007
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author: technabob
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The numbers on this unique wall clock from Hong Kong’s ChilliChilly may look confusing when the hands aren’t over them, but as each hand reaches a number, colored discs reveal the proper time.
The appropriately named Seeing Double clock uses Red and a green colored filters at the end of the hour and minute hands reveal the true time…
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September 30th, 2007
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