Ziiiro Gravity & Mercury Watches: Easy to Read and Look Good

Range — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:30:47 +0000

The one thing that I don’t like that much about those cool looking Tokyoflash watches is that most of them are extremely complicated to read. I don’t want to spend minutes trying to read my watch. In fact, a glance should be enough to tell the time. If the time has actually changed by the time you figure it out, you know it’s a bad design.

These watches are from Ziiiro look cook and are surprisingly easy to read. There are two different models available: the Gravity and the Mercury line. The Gravity features interchangeable clock bodies with straps in six colors. The Mercury is made out of metal and available in different colors. So how can you read the time? The tip of the inner swirl represents the current hour while the outer swirl displays the minutes. The gradients shift continually.

Ziiiro watches are available right now and they sell from €110 (appx. $145 USD) to €143 (appx. $175). That’s not bad for a good-looking watch.

[via Designboom via Geek Alerts]

Playstation Reincarnated as Robot Insect

Technabob — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:30:19 +0000

I’ve seen some interesting hackjobs in my day, but nothing quite like this. Builder Harold Ilano has built himself a little robotic insect from the remnants of an old Sony Playstation console.

Harold’s Mercury BEAM Robot was scavenged from a variety of junk parts, but an old PlayStation console was the primary contributor, giving the ‘bot its two motors and other internals that keep it chugging along.

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Just like a real insect, Mercury has an innate desire to seek out sources of light. It took Ilano many weeks of painstaking effort in order to get the light tracking just right.

Glad to see the old console is still being put to some good use. (For those of you who don’t know what a BEAM robot is, there’s a good explanation here.)

[StreetTech via MAKE]

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Ziiiro Gravity & Mercury Watches: Easy to Read and Look Good

Playstation Reincarnated as Robot Insect