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clock hands stay put, numbers move instead

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pisa gear clock

Unlike a normal clock, this funky modern timepiece keeps its hands stationary, letting the numbers on its dial rotate around the hands to tell the time. A simple gear-drive mechanism moves the outer ring around the clock mechanism.

The desk clock gets it’s name, “Pisa” from it’s eye-catching leaning tower design…

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December 15th, 2007 5 comments stumble it! author: technabob

rolling treadmill speeds you down the street

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OOOMS Speedy Rollator

The guys over at dutch design firm OOOMS are best known for their wooden memory sticks, but here’s another interesting contraption that they also are responsible for.

Looking like a treadmill on wheels, the Speedy Rollator uses a special gear drive system to multiply your walking efforts and increase your pace…

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July 6th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

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