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Concentric Watch Has More Digits than Your Watch Has

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I’m a big fan of cool and unusual watches, but I can’t decide if I love or hate the design of this particular timepiece. When you first look at the face of the Concentric watch from 666 Barcelona, it just looks like sensory overload. But upon further examination, you realize that…

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April 7th, 2012 by: Technabob

Irrational Numbers Clock is Perfectly Rational (If You’re a Mathematician)

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The Irrational Numbers Clock is slightly more complicated that the Unit Circle Radian Wall Clock. Also, the fact that it looks like a blackboard has a certain scholarly appeal. While I am a mathematician, anyone with high-school math should be able to read this clock. That’s not because they’ll know…

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June 26th, 2011 by: Range

The Fibonacci Rings

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Math geeks like pretty stuff, too, regardless of any nasty rumors you may have heard from the proverbial peanut gallery. But pretty things can be smart, you know, like this ring inspired by the Fibonacci numbers.

One bead, one bead, two beads, three… it’s almost like a song! But instead…

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December 8th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Art Lebedev Studios’ Digitus Pixelated Address Numbers Are Retro-Bitmap-Font-a-Licious

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Here’s a great way to dress up your office or apartment with some 80s retro-geek style.

Designed by Daniil Dadiomov for Russia’s Art Lebedev Studio, these Digitus address numbers get their chunky, funky shapes from the classic bitmap computer fonts of days gone bye.

I’m pretty sure this was the…

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May 18th, 2009 by: Technabob

Clock Drops Numbers, Doesn’t Care What Time It is

Dropped Numerals Clock by Nextime

Here’s a clock for people who are perpetually tardy, and want to stay that way. All of the digits on the dial of this wall clock have fallen off of the face, causing a major numeric pile-up at the bottom.

 
While Nextime’s Fallen Numeral clock does have a functional…

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March 22nd, 2008 by: Technabob

Tiktak Clock Offers Numeric Overkill

TikTak Numeric Clock byNiels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe

Sometimes it’s a bit of a challenge to tell the exact time on an analog clock. Sure, you can say “it’s about quarter-to-three”, but it really might be 2:47. This intricate wall clock tries to solve that problem by displaying every individual minute as a separate point on the dial.…

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January 31st, 2008 by: Technabob

Storm Nirvana Analog Watch has Digital Sensibilities

Storm Nirvana Watch

The latest men’s watch from London’s STORM offers a modern display with a retro spin. The watch reveals the current time using a series of numeric discs which rotate behind wedge-shaped portals around the perimeter of its face.

The STORM Nirvana features a cool stainless and black metal hybrid watch…

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December 18th, 2007 by: Technabob

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