A digital clock that uses sliding frames to conceal certain segments of the digits.
Every minute, the frames move in a synchronized manner to display the current time.
The clock is powered by a microprocessor that controls eight small stepper motors. A battery-backed real-time clock (RTC) module keeps track of the time.
(And no, it’s not nearly as loud in reality. I failed to adjust the sound level when I tried to use noise reduction to eliminate the background noise from the recording.)

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In our modern age levitation still looks like magic, so I guess you could call Flyte a team of wizards. Earlier they have produced a levitating light bulb and now they’re back with a hovering clock. It’s called STORY and its main feature is a magnetically levitating sphere. It travels around the wooden base and completes one full orbit at the interval of a person’s choice. The backlit display can be set to visualize different light patterns (like the moon phases).

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Brent Artman is an artist in Colorado. He takes a large piece of copper and cleans it until it’s shiny. He uses reduction flame to remove oxidation from the piece and create line work on the copper. Once he has his pattern mapped out, he can start to change the color of the design with the fire. Once the piece is complete, he seals it with a clear coat so the colors don’t continue to oxidize.

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Schönes Mini-Zen-Dinges aus dem Londoner Studio Ayaskan: Ripple of Time, eine liegende Sanduhr. Leider bisher nur als Konzept, aber die kann ich mir gerne in einem großen Wohnzimmer vorstellen, das ich nicht habe.

Within a spacetime continuum, time is perceived as the fourth dimension. The past the present and the future is a whole. Ripples of Time, allow natural materials to be shaped by time, reminding us of its presence.The installation consists of two complimentary clocks; Sand and Water. Sand, inspired by Zen Gardens, is the gradual formation and flattening of a ripple pattern over a period of twelve hour cycles. Water, on the other hand, tells the ephemeral time through concentric circles in the form of endless waves that ripple by the second.It is the landscapes and the cycles found in nature, that both the projects represents.

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Die Künstlerin und Designerin Bina Baitel arbeitet gerne mit ungewöhnlichen Materialien. So kam es, dass sie eine Wanduhr entwickelte, die die Zeit mit Haaren darstellt, die Lash Clock.

„In between a meditation device and a clock, Lash Clock offers a new experience in the perception of time.
It ignores the stressful codes we are used to when facing the passing of time. Numbers, clock hands and ticking sounds disappear, allowing us to contemplate time instead of enduring it.
At first sight, Lash Clock appears like an indefinite and static object. But if you take a closer look, you can perceive a slight movement.

By focusing a little more, you realize that fibers straighten up by slowly moving away one from the other.

Gently brushing time, Lash Clock also fills the practical everyday clock function of reading time. Minutes can be read thanks to the gap created by a fiber that straightens up every second. Hours are marked by a slightly wider gap.

More than reminding us about the time that has passed, Lash Clock invites us to lose ourselves in time itself.“

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Vor Jahren schrieb ich hier mal über eine Digital-Uhr von Humans since 1982, die aus mehreren alten Analog-Uhren zusammengesetzt wurde und als dann neu vereintes Ensemble die Uhrzeit richtig wiedergeben konnte. Dazu gab es damals nur ein Foto. Mittlerweile gibt es auch ein Video. Und man kann das Teil im MoMA-Store kaufen. Für „schlappe“ $5K.

Clock Clock 24 is a statement-making object that re-contextualizes time through an ingenious marriage of analog and digital. Twenty-four round clocks come together to create one giant digital display. The clock hands are choreographed, liberating the clocks from the sole purpose of telling time. Can be set for 12 or 24 hour time in three different modes: minimal, medium or elaborate movement between minutes.

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„This incredibly complex timepiece comes from design students at the Tohoku University of Art & Design in Japan. The intricate wooden machine uses more than 400 precision components to move an stylus that writes, then erases the current time like an Etch-a-Sketch.“

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Ich war die Tage etwas faul und bin gerade dabei, hier einige Tabs zu schließen, die ich eigentlich nicht schließen wollte, bevor ich sie hier drin habe. So wie diese Sanduhr, „inspired by Zen Gardens“.

Within a spacetime continuum, time is perceived as the fourth dimension. The past the present and the future is a whole. Ripples of Time, allow natural materials to be shaped by time, reminding us of its presence.The installation consists of two complimentary clocks; Sand and Water. Sand, inspired by Zen Gardens, is the gradual formation and flattening of a ripple pattern over a period of twelve hour cycles. Water, on the other hand, tells the ephemeral time through concentric circles in the form of endless waves that ripple by the second.It is the landscapes and the cycles found in nature, that both the projects represents.

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Sehr hübsches Teil, das man hier für $150 erstehen kann. Darfste nur nicht mit den Haaren drin hängen bleiben.

„The Orbits Clock is a new kind of wall clock. It is made 3 different circles, one for each of the hands, which rotate as time goes by. Time is read by the small indicators on each hand. The carbon fiber material weigh only a few grams, giving the clock its light and airy feeling.“

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