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Esc Key Alarm Clock Won't Let You Escape The Daily Drudge
Posted by Kit Eaton at 6:49 PM on November 17, 2008
This concept alarm is simple, but self-contradictory: shaped like a giant Esc key, you mash it with a fist to deactivate it, and it wirelessly communicates to a dock to (presumably) turn off the sound. But, it won't let you escape the inevitable requirement of exiting the bed and getting to that early morning meeting at work. Still, there's something satisfying about thumping a giant computer key for an alarm. [DesignLaunches]
The Zon is the latest in Nooka's line of variously 
We've seen iPhone/iPod 
This Digital/Analog clock design is a pretty interesting take on the old "clock" concept. Shown off a Tokyo Design Week '08, this version displays the hours digit-style while keeping the hand free for minute-pointing. Going half digital is a good start, but here's our challenge to concept designers out there: all digital. Who's with us? [
Designer Rolf Sachs has teamed up with watchmaker Fortis to develop the limited-edition IQ blackboard-style watch. Math nerds will surely love it—especially the glow in the dark hands and markings. Unfortunately, the dreaded "art premium" is tacked on to the price of this watch, so it may be out of the reach of many professor's salaries. Available for $US1050. [
Instructables has posted a guide to breaking down 3.5" hard drives and creating a wall clock out of the pieces. The guide calls for a bunch of the washers used to separate hard drive platters as well as the innards of a cheapie clock the builder had lying around. It's a pretty easy project, but what's remarkable is how cool it looks by the end. You wouldn't know it's made of hard drives; it just looks like an industrial sort of sculpture that tells time. [
Check out this all-in-one USB gadget: it wraps up a 4-way USB hub, speakers and digital alarm clock in one box. In one big, ugly, LED-laden, stolen from a bad B-grade sci-fi TV show set box. It's even battery powered for when your PC's off. It's so very, very bad, it goes roaring out the other side of badness and comes sneaking back in as something wonderful. I love it... and it's just $US18. [
You'd think that this $US78 Jumbo Gear Clock sleeps alright knowing that, unlike its digital counterparts, it features 50 exposed moving gears that show off the otherwise hidden complexity of clockwork. But the Jumbo Gear Clock does not sleep well at all. The Jumbo Gear Clock lays awake at night because the Jumbo Gear Clock is a lying phony.
There are certainly some 
