Neatorama » clock http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Scroll Bar Clock http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/23/scroll-bar-clock/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/23/scroll-bar-clock/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:46 +0000 Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/23/scroll-bar-clock/

Quentin Thiacourt of TOKI WOKI created this unusual web clock made solely out of browser scoll bars! The effect is quite mesmerizing: Link

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Photo: Unica

Andreas Dober’s wall clock for the German luxury shop Anthologie Quartett cycles a bicycle chain to display the hour with copper digits at the top. A custom job, it prices out at $2,338.

Link via Make | Anthologie Quartett

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Big Ben, the London clock tower, has a Twitter account. Online, it says the same thing it has always said in real life. The account was opened as a statement on the banality of Twitter, but Big Ben now has over six thousand followers! Come to think of it, this IS handy if you want to know what time it is in London. Link -via Blame It On The Voices

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/06/big-ben-on-twitter/feed/ 18 The Persistence of Vinyl Records http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/28/the-persistence-of-vinyl-records/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/28/the-persistence-of-vinyl-records/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:45:49 +0000 Minnesotastan http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26516 Melting clock

The melting clock in Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory is a familiar icon.  One can purchase analog and digital versions of these clocks, hand-crafted by artists, but it is also possible to create one at home by recycling an old vinyl LP and following a series of simple directions…

Step 2: Preheat your oven to 220F/100C and toss in the record for a couple minutes. When it’s thoroughly flopping about, yank it out and run to a table to do the next step.  Run! It hardens quickly!

Full directions are at Instructables, via Anything and Everything.

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… That way, you’d never be late!

Link

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XP3 Ultra Clock, a "persistence of vision" clock – $59.95

This one’s a classic, but it’s still pretty nifty. Here’s a clock that uses an oscillating wand with LEDs and the concept of the persistence of vision to tell time and display messages. You can even program your own messages. Over at the Neatorama Shop: Link

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The QLOCKTWO, created by the German design firm Biegert & Funk, spells out time in five minute increments. Four dots in the corners let you know precisely which minute it is. The clock retails in Europe for about $1,600.

Link via OhGizmo!

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This Clock Clock by Humans Since 1982 uses 24 individual analog clocks to tell the time! Technabob explains:

It took me a second to figure out what was going on when I first got a look at this table full of analog clocks. But once I stood back from my screen, I realized that none of the clocks have the correct time and the whole thing is a macro timepiece that tells the time using 24 individual clocks.

Created by Swedish designers Humans Since 1982, the Clock Clock installation features 48 electronically-controlled analog clock hands which automatically rotate into the proper positions to form a giant digital display.

Link (with embedded YouTube clip of the clocks in action) – via Inspire me, now!

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Three winners will be chosen to win a watch of their choice from Tokyoflash. Hurry, contest ends May 26th, 2009: Link – Thanks Paul!

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Our pal Tokyoflash needs your help: they’re designing new (and very neat looking) clocks and are looking for feedback on some product development. Here’s a short survey of 9 different clock designs – are they interesting? Too complicated? Not complicated enough?

Take a look: Link – Thanks Paul!

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Homer won’t let this beer out of his sight! The Homer Simpson Rotating Eyes Clock will set you back £14.96. Link -via Bits and Pieces

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Link via ThisNext

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Link | Original website [in Russian]

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A perfect last-minute gift, I think. Take someone’s favorite childhood book, convert to a clock, and voila! And thanks to this Instructable, you even have step-by-step instructions on how to do it. The creator has a cute blog with lots of other crafty ideas, too.

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[YouTube - Link]

I’m sure most of you know at least something about the mysterious Antikythera Mechanism that was found at the bottom of the sea in 1901 near the island of Antikythera (from where the device took its name) and is estimated to have been built between 150-100 BC by an unknown builder. Famed for its mysterious and significantly advanced gear mechanism and complex build the Antikythera Mechanism was eventually found to be a computing calender and clock of sorts for the planets. Which may have been useful to sailors as would be evidenced by why the device was found among the carcass of a sunken ship.

Fast forward to the modern age and we find curator Michael Wright with the first fully functional working model of the Antikythera Mechanism in the World. To imagine that such advanced and complex machines were being built so long ago has fascinated and helped reshape ancient history and knowledge. The mystery concerning this device has increased as archaeologists and scientists wonder why they have only found this sole machine in the past century and why there is no recorded information regarding its creator.

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