That first one is pretty genius. But, wouldn't those old 'flip card' clocks also be mechanical implementations of text clocks? (Although I guess they were mostly electrically timed) posted by delmoi at 6:28 AM on May 16
Man that first clock is suweeeeee-eeeeet. posted by farishta at 6:29 AM on May 16
Those are both great clocks, but the second one isn't analog. posted by DU at 6:32 AM on May 16
The only way that first clock could be cooler is if it managed to spell REDRUM every other fortnight or so. posted by rhys at 6:35 AM on May 16 [2 favorites]
Mine would be this: all the numbers are raised from the surface. They will be cut in the form and shape of the number. The hour will be signified by the number being mechanically risen from the surface of the clock. All of the numbers' top surface will be covered with LCD elements, and the hour hand will fade from grey to white to grey. The surface of the clock will be black. The minute signifier will be another LCD screen, but it will be filled with numbers drawn by people all around the world using the Amazon Mechanical Turk system who are instructed to write the minutes of the current time of day. These will be verified by a separate Amazon Mechanical Turk campaign.
Newfoundlanders cannot participate because of their inability to keep proper time according to the prevailing standards of the world. They cannot buy these clocks. posted by sleslie at 10:01 AM on May 16
but the second one isn't analog
The position of the digits corresponds to where the hands on an analog clock would be. posted by cillit bang at 10:03 AM on May 16
The first one is neat but unusable.
The second one is both neat and still precise as a timekeeping instrument. It is also elegant.
I would like a "real' version of the second one (i.e. a screen mounted on a wall). posted by Ynoxas at 10:07 AM on May 16
Yeah, I'm with Ynoxas on this one, the first thing I thought when I saw the interface of the second one was "How can I get that in my house?"
I now wonder about the feasibility of building a mechanical version, maybe one where the numbers a revealed by a sliding/ rotating plate with a magnified viewer for the current digit...
Hmm, I'll have to think about this. posted by quin at 10:36 AM on May 16
I would wear a wrist-watch version of the first one. I absolutely love the second one, it's awesome. Then again, 11:11 puts it at its most advantageous. I'll check back at 7:10 or so to see if it's as awesome. I suspect it is. posted by maxwelton at 11:14 AM on May 16 [1 favorite]
The position of the digits corresponds to where the hands on an analog clock would be.
But it doesn't sweep through the places in-between the digits. It only visits integral numbers of seconds. Seems digital to me. posted by knave at 11:40 AM on May 16
I love the Jesson Yip one. I hope I remember to check back for the screensaver and widget versions. Maybe leaving comments here to keep this in my Recent Activity will help! posted by nowonmai at 11:57 AM on May 16
The only way that first clock could be cooler is if it managed to spell REDRUM every other fortnight or so.
Yeah, on major holidays it should display an appropriate greeting, legible (at first and at end barely) only for the appropriate day. posted by davejay at 2:32 PM on May 16
Perhaps "quantized" is the word you're looking for? posted by ryanrs at 7:06 PM on May 16
These are cool, but my first thought was like the old style digital alarm clocks with the rotating panels (think Bill Murray's in Groundhog Day, if I'm remembering that movie correctly) except, and here's the big twist, it's words instead of numbers. So it'd be really wide and stuff.
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