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These cool new watches from Japan are the first LED timepieces I’ve seen that feature a touch-sensitive display.
Created by Japan’s SeaHope, the Dual Touch LED watch has a display that can react to your touch. In finger trace mode, the LEDs under your digits follow your exact movements.
The other cool thing about the…
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August 20th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: design technology timepieces
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This highly-collectible Space Invaders LED watch came out a couple of years back in Japan, but I certainly could never find a place to buy one. Until now.
I was hunting around looking for something entirely different when I spotted these limited-edition Invaders’ watches over at Japan’s ebten for ¥18,690 (appx. $207 USD).
The watch features an…
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January 30th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys retro timepieces video games
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Here’s a new LED watch that’s sure to draw attention whenever you go to check the time.
The STORM Faze watch features a unique dot-matrix LED display, concealed behind a plastic lens that sort of reminds me of the compound eye of an insect. Or maybe one of those dotty color-blindness tests. Either way, it’s…
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December 15th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: design technology timepieces
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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…
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July 8th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: design timepieces
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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.
Created by the husband and wife art team of Final Score Products, DOTRIX Mario combines canvas, wood,…
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May 18th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: geek art + craft video games
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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. For instance,…
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April 28th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: design timepieces
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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.
Developed by researchers at the Design Media Lab at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), the device uses a dot-matrix array of solenoids attached to a flexible…
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March 28th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: future tech interactive
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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.
Builders Vern Graner and Rick Abbott of The Robot Group used a Parallax inkjet print head kit and…
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February 8th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks + mods robots strange + wonderful
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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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January 26th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: design timepieces
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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.
Perfect for labeling boxes, temporary signage, creating impromptu artworks or modern graffiti, the tape comes in either a dot-matrix or segmented…
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January 19th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: design just plain fun
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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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November 9th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun retro
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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. Each watch is housed in a stainless steel body, and mounted to a thick leather strap one of several different neutral…
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August 10th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design timepieces
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