The POV (persistence of vision) clock is an amazing looking wall clock which uses a bank of LED’s which rotate around so fast that the image created looks like a solid image. The spinning blade which contains the LED’s can display in red, green and blue making it possible to get full colour images. [click to continue…]
From the category archives:
Gadget Clocks
Space invaders is a classic game that many of you will remember. This clock (the Space Invaders Alarm Clock) allows you to be woken up by an alien invasion each morning. [click to continue…]
You are probably all aware of what a Zamboni is and what it does. For those of you who are not sure, it is that machine that drives around the ice in an arena and magically smooths out the rough parts. The Zamboni watch has now been created…. [click to continue…]
Sudoku is a game I am not in to my self although I have played it a couple of times. The idea behind the game is to get unique numbers across the rows and columns of a board. This watch is designed around that game and has a Sudoku board on it’s face. [click to continue…]
The UC-2000 built by Seiko went on sale about 24 years ago. It was called the “Wrist Information System” but looks like it was more of a wrist breaker to me. It received rave reviews back in it’s day and can still be spotted on eBay selling for around the $500 price range. [click to continue…]
A bunch of weird gadgets are available these days with most of them being USB. This one however is not USB but is still weird. It’s a clock shaped like an anchor. [click to continue…]
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A number of ways of telling time are available such as a sun dial, pendulum clock, digital clocks and watches. The latest clock to appear is the Exposed Flip Clock which looks extremely unique as it’s innards are exposed for all to see. [click to continue…]
A Slide Rule was a gadget used back in the 50’s if I remember correctly and was basically an old fashioned calculator which you slide the rulers around to work out complex equations. The Slide Rule clock is basically a modern version of the slide rule that is now used to tell the time. [click to continue…]
The Verbarius clock makes telling time simple. It’s the exact opposite of Tokyo Flash watches which require a degree in maths to tell the time. The Verbarius simply tells you what time it is like “midnight” or “four-forty-five”. [click to continue…]
This Super Fast Clock claims to be the fastest clock in the world. You might be thinking to yourself that clocks should all be the exact same speed… and this one is no different. What makes it the fastest is that it can track time to a millionth of a second. [click to continue…]
The My Sports Clock range of alarm clocks are perfect for the person who needs to express anger at his alarm. The clocks are built and padded out as sports balls which can be chucked against a wall to switch them off. [click to continue…]
A store in the UK has a bunch of unique clocks on sale made from old recycled bicycle parts. The clock pictured above is made from a chainring face which is suspended on a forged wheel rim that has been curled. The pendulum is also a bicycle part and uses a cog for the weight. [click to continue…]
The Wi-Fi detecting watch does exactly what it says on the tin… It detects Wi-Fi signals. This might not be too useful to those with wi-fi smartphones, but for those not wanting to whip out their laptop every time they need a Wi-Fi signal, this is ideal. [click to continue…]
Epoq have created what they (and we) believe to be the first watch that runs Windows Mobile 5. The EQP-WP98B has a fairly small OLED touch screen along with 1.28GB memory, wi-fi, bluetooth, VoIP and handwriting recognition. That’s a fairly hefty list considering it all fits in a watch. [click to continue…]
The Hamilton Code Breaker Watch actually breaks no codes, but still looks ace! The code breaker watch is made from titanium and comes in two versions. [click to continue…]
