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Tag: Clock

February 22, 2009

Googly Eyeball Clock: It’S Eye Time.

Googly Eyeball Clock: It’S Eye Time.
Here’s a fun way to keep track of time. Designer Mike Mak’s Eyeclock tells time with a pair of slowly rotating disks that look like cartoon eyeballs.…
January 9, 2009

Sonoro Stardust: Now That’S What I Call a Crystal Radio

Sonoro Stardust: Now That’S What I Call a Crystal Radio
If you’re into sparkly things, this new radio from Sonoro is sure to catch your eye. The top-of-the-line Elements Stardust clock radio is adorned with nearly 4,000 hand-placed Swarovski crystals, making the case sparkle and shine like diamonds.…
January 1, 2009

Buzz Zzz: Vibrating Pillows

Buzz Zzz: Vibrating Pillows
We’ve already featured a pillow that can wake you up using light and an alarm clock that has a vibrate option. Here’s a quirky yet functional combination of the two: Vessel’s vibrating alarm clock pillow.…
December 26, 2008

Math Clocks and Watches: It’S Problem-Solving Time

Math Clocks and Watches: It’S Problem-Solving Time
Until ten minutes ago, I wasn’t aware that telling the time was too easy for some people. Here are a couple of timepieces so smart they’re stupid: Here’s the square root watch; I guess all that’s left to say is you can get this for $40 over at SkyMall.…
December 20, 2008

Create Your Own Profanity

Create Your Own Profanity
If run-of-the-mill, every day profanity just isn’t good enough for you–maybe you’re the type who yells KRAF! when you stub a toe–then you just might be the target market for the Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine, which will merrily generate random four-letter words for you at the rate of one per second.…
December 19, 2008

Rocket Launcher Alarm Clock Blasts Into Orbit to Wake You Up

Rocket Launcher Alarm Clock Blasts Into Orbit to Wake You Up
Do you constantly oversleep? Does your snooze bar get a serious workout every morning? Here’s an alarm clock that should help you get your ass out of bed the next time your feel the urge to sleep in.…
December 14, 2008

Time Tuner Clock: Analog Face, Digital Brain

Time Tuner Clock: Analog Face, Digital Brain
Istanbul-based Antrepo design industry took the classic analog radio tuner and gave it a sleek makeover with the time tuner alarm clock. Instead of frequencies, the scale on the clock’s face has the hour marks arranged in a line.…
November 16, 2008

Persistence of Vision LED Clock Gets a Major Upgrade

Persistence of Vision LED Clock Gets a Major Upgrade
This amazing wall clock can display intricate animations thanks to the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision (POV). Using a small spinning “blade” covered in red, green and blue LEDs, along with sophisticated microcontroller circuit, this clock can dynamically change its look with just the push of a button.…
November 5, 2008

Rare Elektronika-7 Vacuum Tube Clock Shows Up on Ebay

Rare Elektronika-7 Vacuum Tube Clock Shows Up on Ebay
When I first spotted this dot-matrix numbers on this clock I thought it was a modern-day blue LED display. But lurking beneath the surface of this timepiece is something far more interesting.…
October 27, 2008

Homeloo Gear Clock Spills Its Mechanical Guts

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.…
September 25, 2008

Old World Nixie Tube Clock: Going for Baroque

Old World Nixie Tube Clock: Going for Baroque
I’m not sure if this clock design qualifies as “steampunk” or simply anachronistic, but it sure looks different than just about any timepiece I’ve ever seen.…
September 18, 2008

768 LED Clock Laughs in the Face of 7-Segment Displays

768 LED Clock Laughs in the Face of 7-Segment Displays
With a whopping 128 bright LEDs on each digit, there’s no chance that you’ll miss the time on this clock. Sporting a total of 768 individually addressable amber LEDs, each one of the numbers slides into and out of view as the hours, minutes and seconds tick away.…
September 11, 2008

Tell Time on the Outer Limits With the Rim Clock

Tell Time on the Outer Limits With the Rim Clock
The Rim Clock turns all that you know about clocks inside out. Instead of staying put and pointing to numbers like the hands of other, more well-behaved clocks, the hands on the Rim Clock are actually protrusions that go around the outside and point to the wall.…
September 5, 2008

Pong Watch Will Entertain You on Long Bus Rides

Pong Watch Will Entertain You on Long Bus Rides
This homemade Pong watch will entertain you with retro gaming moves while informing you of the time. The idea is inspired by Buro Vormkrijgers and his Pong Clock.…
August 9, 2008

Clock-a-Doodle-Doo: Time Telling Magna Doodle Hack

Clock-a-Doodle-Doo: Time Telling Magna Doodle Hack
This unique electromechanical clock is like a cross between a Magna Doodle and an Etch-a-Sketch. Using a modified Magna Doodle as the basis for their display, the Clock-a-Doodle-Doo is the brainchild of a recent UCLA mechanical engineering class.…
August 8, 2008

R2-D2 Projection Alarm Clock: It’S Droid Time

R2-D2 Projection Alarm Clock: It’S Droid Time
R2-D2 is a master of product merchandising. The little droid’s likeness has appeared on everything from desktop speakers to USB hubs and salt and pepper shakers.…