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48 Hands on 24 Clocks Show 1 Time of Day

Created by Swedish designers Humans Since 1982, this digitalesque-display clock is an art installation called Clock Clock—and it's really just an optical illusion of 24 tiny analog clocks that s...

The Clock of Clocks: Using Analog Clocks to Created Digital Time

We love our clocks. Even though watches and clocks seem to be getting less and less use these days, it's always refreshing to have a nice clock in the living room, the kitchen or the office to tell ti...

Real Life Flip Clock: Walking Around on Legs

We know that you know all about the iPhone flip clock. That iPhone app is probably the coolest clock app in the iTunes store. Well, now that it's become so popular, manufacturers have caught up and ar...

Water Clock Uses Magnets: Kind of Like Divining Time

We all need clocks. Clocks tell us what time it is. Some of us can actually tell the time without using clocks, but that ability is rare. Actually, it's possible to develop it, but in the end, would y...

What is This Gadget and What Does it Do?

We spotted this pretty stellar camouflaged home office on Lifehacker, belonging to reader MacintoshDZNR. The office itself is great and unique, but we couldn't help but stare at the low-budget-movie s...

Fall Back Made Easy With the Ora ilLegale Clock

Ora Legale is how Italian speakers refer to the useless-in-most-places Daylight Savings Time. Wherever there is electricity and alarm clocks, there is no need to change our schedules to maximize dayli...

Now We've Seen Everything: Indoor LED Sundial

click for more picsLeave it to a geek to take something that is, by definition, a completely analog concept and—without changing the way it operates at all—infuse it with tech know-how. We...

Laser-Based Sundial for your Apartment Wall

I've figured out I kinda have a thing for analog clocks. They're functional, you know telling the time and all, an can be very beautiful when you're big on the typography of numbers. That's why I love...

"I'm Not a Clock" FM Radio is Telling the Truth

Yeah, yeah... If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's probably a duck. But even though this gadget quacks like a clock, it's not a clock. In fact, "I'm Not a Clock" is its name. It's a rad...

WattBlocks: Like a Wooden Stake for Your Gadget Vampires

One of the easiest ways to save energy—for your planet and your wallet—is to cut power completely to those gizmos that use "standby power" even when they're turned off. Look at your DVD pl...

It's an Awesome Clock, But it's Not $1200-Awesome

Yeah, you read that right. No, I didn't forget a decimal. It's a flip clock—just like the kind you could get at goodwill for $2.50 or your parents' attic for $Free.99—and it must be made f...

Unix-Lovers, Rejoice It's 1234567890 Day!

Today, Friday February 13th, will see lots of non-computer nerd types hiding in their houses and staying away from ladders, mirrors, black cats and other superstitious lore surrounding Friday the 13th...

Grass Patch: A Clock that Runs on Mud

We've always heard of eco-friendly gadgets, but none would be more eco-friendly than a clock that runs on mud. Clocks are important. Most of us need them daily to tell time and to wake us up. Even tho...

I-Quad: The Landing Strip of the Future

If you don't yet have some version of the entry efficiency device known to the Apartment Therapy-devoted as a landing strip, then you need to get to work. Whether yours is a large foyer with full-size...

D/A Clock: Digital Look With An Analog Feel

New school and old school at once. When I first saw this clock, I instantly had memories of clock radios from my childhood. On one hand I remembered bright red LED's and on the other hand, old flip cl...

Ah, the Rare Spanish Steampunk Clock

Not that clocks work differently in other countries, but we think it's pretty cool to see that the steampunk movement has made its way to Spain. More pics of this cartoony steampunk clock under the ju...

Uni Wristwatch is Customizeable—with Software!

Typographers rejoice! There is a watch for even the most font-obsessed among you. It's screen is essentially a tabula rasa—clean slate— for you to play upon with your very own ideas of col...

Antrepo's Minu Tuner: The Digital Successor to the Time Tuner

A great looking clock is always needed. You need one in your bedroom, in your office and they can be used almost everywhere else. The trouble is that most clocks look mundane and uninteresting. That's...

Tokibot Robot Clock for the Sci-Fi Geek

We're all geeks here. No need to be bashful. But what a lot of people don't seem to get is that there are many different classifications of the geek hierarchy and not all geeks are created equal. You'...

Our Favorite iPhone Apps
Best of 2008

Of all the tech we saw in 2008, none seemed more versatile than the super-duper-extra-hyped Apple iPhone 3G. It's a great smartphone on it's own, but when you combine it's powers with a programs downl...

JetLag Travel Alarm Clock Is a Small Space Dweller's Dream

Don't know exactly what it is, but we love the look of this tiny, plain dual-display digital clock. Originally meant for traveling, we think this tiny alarm clock could be just as useful to non-flying...

Loudspeaker Cuckoo Clock: Adding a Bit of Kinetic Energy To Your Music

What do you get when you combine a loudspeaker with a cuckoo clock? This isn't something that people usually have questions about, but Stéphane Vigny thought about this long and hard before modifying...

Sonoro Cubo Elements: A Sleek and Beautiful Clock Radio

Most clock radios are a bit depressing. They rarely look interesting and do the dirty deed of waking us up each morning. Some function better than others, while others like the Philips Wake-Up Light p...

Epoch Clock: A Great Way to Convert Time

Have you ever wanted to convert time into other formats? We don't mean converting from a 12-hour cycle to 24, but in different number formats, like binary and hexadecimal? Well now there is an easier ...

Look! Clocks Made From Old, Recycled Tech

Making something new from something old is getting, well, old. Not like the idea of recycling is tired—but just that we're not so impressed by the creativity of it all as we once were. But that ...

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