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homeloo gear clock spills its mechanical guts

This over-the-top wall clock has way more gears than it really needs – but it’ll definitely draw stares from anyone who tries to tell time with it.

Homeloo’s Jumbo Gear Clock has not 2, 3 or even 10 gears. Nope, it’s got an more than 50 gears – each and every one of them exposed…

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October 27th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful timepieces

clock hands stay put, numbers move instead

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. And if you really…

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

filed under: design timepieces

rolling treadmill speeds you down the street

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.

While you won’t look quite…

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July 6th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful