Technabob » hans tan http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:00:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Word Clock is a Little Too Verbose for Me http://technabob.com/blog/2008/04/28/word-clock-is-a-little-too-verbose-for-me/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/04/28/word-clock-is-a-little-too-verbose-for-me/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:30:01 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=2130 Idea of a Clock II… using a green LED bulletin board to display the current time using]]> 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.

idea of a clock ii

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, at 12:29, the clock reads “This is the idea of a clock that tells you the time using words at exactly twenty-nine minutes past twelve”.

Now that’s just a bit too wordy to offer at-a-glance time checking, isn’t it? By the time you’re done reading the entire message, the time probably will have changed.

Idea of a Clock II is a limited edition timepiece, with pricing available upon request of the artist.

[via Dustbowl]

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