Hasta La Gadget!

Everyone needs a clock of sorts to tell the time, but with the modern day smartphone and tablet being a staple device for most folks we have ended up relying on them to help us tell the time. The watch has become a fashion accessory (and an investment for those who fork out thousands for it) instead of being a staple contraption that you wear around your wrist, but there’s one thing for sure – clocks are still here to stay, especially when you are at home. If you happen to have a rather geeky persuasion, why not go all out and pick up as nerdy a clock as possible – with the $69.95 Base Two Binary Clock being a prime candidate?

This is one idiosyncractic clock that relies on binary notation to display the time, where it will mimic the same on-and-off calculation as electronic systems from the beginning of the computer age. There will be half a dozen columns of blue LED lights, wherein every two columns will represent the digits for hour, minute, and second. From bottom to top in each column, there will be individual lights that represent the values 1, 2, 4, and 8. All you need to do is add the values of lit units and voila, you are able to decode the digit represented by each column. Depending on your choice, you can set the Base Two Binary Clock to a 12- or 24-hour convention, with three brightness settings to choose from.

Powered by AC, there is the option to stash in a trio of AA batteries to keep it going as well, nifty when the apocalypse happens and there is no power from the grid.

[ Base Two Binary Clock copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

If you are a frequent visitor to CG odds are that you have tinkered with something in your life. Maybe you tried to make your mom’s frying pan into a flying saucer. Or maybe you created a robot that would take your clothes to the hamper. Not all of the tinkering succeeds. But our minds keep trying!

Meet Hans Andersson, a Swedish gentlemen who bought his daughters a LEGO® Mindstorm kit a few years back. They did not take to the kit, but Hans did, and created some new robots. A few years later – after creating a Rubik’s Cube solver and Sudoku solver – he tried a LEGO clock. He has now revised the Time Twister and posted a look at Time Twister 2. It is sort of a LCD looking clock made entirely of LEGO. Watch the video below to see it in action, but envision digit segments connected in a chain. The start of the chain must keep spinning – in either direction – until the last segment is in place. Why? Only one motor is required per digit. Digits are created using LEGO Mindstorms NXT Intelligent Bricks. Time Twister 2 looks much more stylish that the original. So perhaps Hans will gain some attention with this go around. Maybe we will be able to buy one of his creations someday. But if nothing else, let’s applaud Mr. Andersson on his mastery of something we all appreciate – tinkering.

You might be living in a peaceful country, but bear in mind that there is always the threat of nuclear warfare breaking out at any time no thanks to some renegade failed states, insane regimes as well as established nuclear powers who are too jittery. For those who are paranoid androids, being totally afraid of a radiation fallout wherever you go, then the $1,500 Radiation Detecting Watch does sound like the perfect timekeeping device to own in these troubled times.

I suppose it would have sold particularly well for folks who wanted to visit Japan after the tsunami hit the Land of the Rising Sun in the first quarter of 2011, crippling a nuclear power plant in the process. Although the Japanese government did deem their country to be safe to visit, there were instances of sushi bars making available a geiger meter for customers to give them peace of mind, that they are not eating irradiated seafood. Well, 2011 might be a distant memory for you now, but at least you can use the Radiation Detecting Watch to pick up residues of unusually high radiation wherever you go – and perhaps detect some mutants along the way. The watch itself boasts of a durable ultra-lightweight Titanium case, an anti-reflective sapphire crystal, and is water resistant to 330′.

[ Radiation Detecting Watch copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

What do you do when you have some old circuitry lying around that you do not want to throw away, and yet figured out that there should be a new lease of life for it? Well, I guess those with a more creative slant can always come up with something different, using their hands to fashion a cool new product from what was previously unwanted. The folks over at Thinkgeek must have stumbled upon someone (or an organization, who knows?) who is capable of such, resulting in the $49.99 Executive Motherboard Desk Clock.

I guess you can call this the “mother of all clocks”, where it is made out from real-life recycled circuit boards. Definitely the thing to have if you want your desk to be a whole lot cooler compared to everybody else’s. Heck, you don’t even need to be of the executive level if you are going to purchase this and count down the hours before it is time to go home and relax. You know what? There actually should be a new timepiece for office drones which, when the clock strikes 5 (or whatever time it is to be off), it will shout, “Beer O’Clock!”. The Executive Motherboard Desk Clock is powered by a single LR44 watch battery which thankfully, is included right out of the box to get you started.

[ Executive Motherboard Desk Clock copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

We have the house all ready for Halloween, the candy has been purchased and the pumpkins are lit in the windows. I feel like there just might be room for one more spooky item, I think I have just the thing…

Check out the gloriously (or should that be gory-ously) hand-painted Zombie Clock. Whether it be for the mantle of your abandoned farmhouse or your deserted city home, the Zombie Clock will be able to countdown the minutes to the looming zombie apocalypse in style. This imaginatively sculpted 3D clock featuring a zombie gnawing on a juicy brain, will be perfect for zombie lovers, whether it’s Halloween or not.

The Zombie Clock is handcrafted, no two are alike and it’s quartz movement is accurate to +/- 1 second per day. So what time is it? Time to get your Zombie Clock at amazon.com. Don’t worry, while it looks scary, it won’t eat your brains.

[ Handpainted Zombie Clock – Time for the Apocalypse copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]