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Twitwee Clock replaces cuckoo with Twitter bird [Video]

, Apr 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

We're quite fond of bizarre gadgets that hook into Twitter, whether they be tweeting tables, monomes or robot fish, and so we're quite surprised that it's taken someone so long to use the blue Twitter bird logo in a tweeting cuckoo clock.  Happily Haroon Baig has filled that gap with his Twitwee Clock, a modified clock that replaces the traditional face with a set of chumby guts and keeps track of Twitter for a preset word, hashtag or username (in this case "TwitweeClock"). Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

IllyClock squeezes color-changing time into coffee can [Video]

, Mar 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

While showing admirable recycling motivation, sticking a clock inside an old coffee can isn't enough to impress us; Instructables member florinc makes the grade because his DIY IllyClock adds in some color magic too.  Based on a Wiseduino - an Arduino clone with an integrated real-time clock - and an LED shield, the clock lights up its numerals in different shades depending on the time of day. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Past Present Future Watch is a concept you can buy now

, Mar 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

My wedding anniversary is this week and my wife has been strategically leaving catalogs from jewelry companies around the house with dog-eared pages. Not a very subtle hint at what she wants. A few of the pages are for those past, present, future diamond rings. I wonder if she would be happy with this new Past Present Future Watch, after all it's the same idea as the ring right? Read The Full Story

Crazy HDD clock is a geek dream

, Mar 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

I have several HDDs crammed in the drawers of my desk that I don't really have a use for. I have taken HDDs apart before just to see what was inside and a dude named Viacheslav Slavinsky has taken an old HDD and made one of the coolest clocks ever from the remains. Read The Full Story

Art. Lebedev Segmentus clock is digital and has hands

, Mar 5th 2010 Discuss [0]

In most geek circles the Art. Lebedev Studio is still mostly known for its cool Optimus Maximus keyboard with the OLED key tops. The design studio appears to have a fascination with ancient Rome since most of its product names sound like gladiators to me. Such is the case with the latest concept from the company called the Segmentus, which sounds like something a gladiator slave would be tortured with if they failed to honor the ludus where they train. Read The Full Story

iLuv iMM178 Vibe Plus shakes you awake (then plays you music)

, Mar 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

iLuv knows you have trouble getting up in the morning, and they want to help.  The new iLuv iMM178 Vibe Plus is an alarm clock with a difference, and that difference is a "shake & awake" attachment on the end of a cord.  Hide it under your pillow and, when the alarm goes off - which, since the iMM178 Vibe Plus is also an iPhone/iPod speaker dock, could mean your favorite playlist - it'll shake you until you get up. Read The Full Story

Geek clock proves you’re too dumb to tell time

, Jan 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

I can remember when my son was trying to learn to tell time. The first time he stared at a clock I bet he felt like I do right now looking at this Geek Clock. I have come to the realization that I am too dumb to tell time, at least on this thing. Thank all that is geeky and good my iPhone has a digital clock and I have a sundial in the garden out back. Read The Full Story

DIY Word Clock from old digital photo frame

, Dec 7th 2009 Discuss [0]

We reckon this is a mod that could be pretty popular after the holidays, when people wonder what exactly they're going to do with the non-wireless digital photo frames they've been given.  Matt Mets took one look at his and decided it would make a great DIY Word Clock, stepping through slides with the time written out long-hand; a frame that can automatically change the image every sixty seconds would even be able to do all the clock-work for him. Read The Full Story

DIY Whereabouts Clock tracks family with Twitter [Video]

, Nov 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Not being a Harry Potter fan the "wearabouts clock" has passed me by, but this DIY location-indicating replica is impressive enough even without the back story.  The concept is that rather than display the time, the clock's numerous hands show whereabouts each family member is, according to various locations (or situations, such as "mortal peril") around the clock face.  As for the magic inside, our old friend the Arduino and a hacked Linksys router monitor Twitter for location updates. The first generation of the system attempts to recognize the first few words in the tweet - it monitors a different Twitter stream for each hand - and then shuffles the indicators around to the appropriate point.  If the message can't be interpreted that way, it points to "read me". Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Hermés 8 Day Spiral Boule Clock: a blob of expensive, pointless extravagence

, Nov 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

As vaguely pointless but nonetheless desirable knick-nacks go, the Hermés 8 Day Spiral Boule Clock has to rank pretty high up on the list.  A 1kg ball of magnifying-effect optical crystal, white gold and a total of 231 parts, the Spiral Boule is wound by twisting the two halves, while a single button on the base switches it into time-setting mode. Read The Full Story

Ponoko offers weirdest clock ever called digits

, Oct 16th 2009 Discuss [1]

I have seen more than a few weird clocks in my day and most of them had to do with waking people up who tend to oversleep. I had a clock when I was a kid that you had to throw to turn the alarm off. My mom took it away after I broke some pictures in my room and used my brother's head as a target a few times. Ponoko has a line of clock like devices that you have to manually change the time on. Read The Full Story

Recycled Fischer Turntable Clock revealed

, Aug 31st 2009 Discuss [1]

If you're looking for a bit of unique decor for your home, love turntables and clocks, then you're in for a treat with this Recycled Fischer Turntable Clock. Made from an old turntable, this clock functionally tells time and looks cool doing it. Read The Full Story
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