We’ve gotten pretty good at clocks. The nuclear clocks that exist right now are super accurate, so what more could you ask for? Something simpler. How about a clock that’s just one, single atom? That’s exactly what researchers just figured out how to make. More »
How awesome is the Sprocket Clock? It’s just whimsical and makes a happy little ticker that looks like it was swiped straight from Willy Wonka’s factory. More »
The Clock Box is exactly what you’d expect, based on the name—ticker in a box. It’s like a grandfather clock met a chinese takeout box and had lovely time-telling babies. More »
This fascinating timepiece, dubbed the Quarderdeck Striker, is an electromechanical marvel designed and hand-built by John Hilgenberg, inventor of the air-driven Pneumachron. It is a mechanical clock at heart—just look at all the wooden gears—but its functionality is supplemented with electric servos that drive the rolling odometer time display, the power-maintaining winding mechanism (which Hilgenberg believes is the first of its kind), and the nutcracker bell striker who tolls the naval time every fifteen. Check out the video for a full explanation of the mechanism’s inner workings from Hilgenberg himself. [Makezine] More »
Lego savant Hans Andersson has created an updated version of his Time Twister clock that’s even more fascinating to watch. If you’re in a hurry the complicated spinning mechanisms that slowly update the display will drive you crazy. But if you’re a fan of brilliant Lego designers finding new uses for Mindstorms, this is right up your alley. More »
Every smartphone comes with a timer, but you’ll soon ditch your app for Metaphys’ Nebula digital hour glass the minute you see its glowing pixels drop. Even if at over foot tall it gobbles up more kitchen counter space than it really needs to. More »
No matter what’s going on in your life today, there’s always something else around the bend, something to anticipate or dread. This countdown clock helps you keep your hopeful sights on the former. Or the latter if you’re a masochist. More »
Tonight’s the night we do that Daylight Savings Time thing again, so here’s a reminder to find that one dumb-clock you still have in your house and set it back an hour. Unlike almost everything else you look at the time on, remember that the good old-fashioned analogue clock above your stove or the one in the bathroom, or the digital one on your microwave is not smart enough to adjust on its own. Yes, you still have to do some things yourself around here. More »
This wooden clock is great. It’s in the style of the ones you remember hanging over the chalkboard in your middle school classrooms, but the two-toned wooden design makes it fresh and modern. More »
Before LED displays came along, the mechanical flip clock provided an easy way to read the exact time for those who preferred specific numbers to hands on a dial. So a flip clock that instead displays a set of hands is completely and utterly pointless, in a wonderful kind of way. More »
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