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led alarm blocks deconstruct the time

filed under: design | timepieces

LED Cube Alarm Clock by Seiji

Looking for something a little different to set on your bedside table? This new alarm clock tears apart the hours, minutes and seconds and places them on individual time-telling blocks.

Seiji’s LED block alarm clock are interconnected using ribbon cables with enough slack in them to let you stack them pretty much any way you like…

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posted: July 8th, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

mario dot matrix orginal art is pixel-y good

filed under: geek art & craft | video games

Mario Dotrix Dot Matrix Art on Canvas

I came across this cool dot-matrix rendition of Mario over on Etsy this morning. Using an original technique the artists refer to as “DOTRIX”, it’s a really unique method for presenting video game (and other pop culture) art…

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posted: May 18th, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

word clock is a little too verbose for me

filed under: design | timepieces

hans tan idea of a clock II

While this wouldn’t be the first time that I came across a clock that tells time with text, it’s certainly the most wordy version that I’ve seen.

Singapore designer Hans Tan created the Idea of a Clock II using a green LED bulletin board to display the current time using a lengthy textual description…

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posted: April 28th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

shade pixel: text you can feel

filed under: future tech | interactive

Shade Pixel Deformable Skin Display

Instead of using a traditional 2-dimensional display surface, Shade Pixel renders information using a deformable skin surface which provides a 3-dimensional texture to its output…

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posted: March 28th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

ping pong printer produces perfect projectiles

filed under: hacks-mods | robotics | strange and wonderful

Ping Pong Ball Printer

Why print on boring old paper, when you can get your message across on some nice bouncy ping pong balls? The appropriately named PingPongPrinter can print dot-matrix messages directly onto the spherical surface of ping pong balls…

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posted: February 8th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

led alarm clock is pure as the driven snow

filed under: design | timepieces

White LED Alarm Clock

I just love the clean, minimal design of this white-on-white LED clock from Japan. The simple dot-matrix display is powered by bright white LEDs layered beneath a clear and white acrylic shell.

The clock offers alarm capability, and can be automatically set via a radio signal (although it’s possible this feature only works in Japan)…

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posted: January 26th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

message tape mimics digital displays

filed under: design | just plain fun

Message Tape from Suck UK

This cool decorative tape lets you leave messages by blacking out the the white areas. A brilliantly simple design concept, the tape works in pretty much any language thanks to its free-form display concept…

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posted: January 19th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

24: the early years

filed under: just plain fun | retro

24: The Early Years

Check out this never before seen episode of 24, shot back in the early 1990s.

Apparently, CTU’s technology hadn’t come along quite as far as it has today.

Seriously, I don’t know what’s funnier, the AOL and Prodigy references, or the old brick cordless phone.
[CollegeHumor via Digg]
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posted: November 9th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

ammon proof digital watch is a real looker

filed under: design | timepieces

Ammon Proof Digital Watch

These LCD digital timepieces from California’s Ammon Watches really stand out from the crowd.

Ammon’s Proof series of digital watches features a custom dot matrix LCD panel, contained beneath a flat mineral crystal lens…

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posted: August 10th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

geek chic: dot matrix wallet

filed under: just plain fun | strange and wonderful

Throw out that old duct tape wallet! It’s time for the latest wallet for the
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posted: September 16th, 2006 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

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