clocks

Design

Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes

2:00PM Rosa Golijan | When Georgios Maridakis’ product breaks it’s actually an intentional feature. His Clock Vase indicates time with a little hammer that knocks against the porcelain. And at the right stroke, it shatters. More »
Gadgets

Mr. Wake Robot Alarm Clock Is An Untouchable Morning Menace

2:40AM Sean Fallon | What if Clocky the alarm clock didn’t just run away from you in the morning? What if he could sense your presence and evade capture with an IR sensor? That’s the annoying idea behind Mr. Wake. More »
Gadgets

Learn How To Tell Time And Waste Money With A Manual Digital Clock

12:00PM Sean Fallon | According to the manufacturers of the Digits Clock, kids don’t need to learn how to tell time the old fashioned way. Instead, parents should spend over $US100 on a board that requires kids to manually construct the time every minute. More »
Gadgets

Too Cute: Yamaha TSX-W80 Wireless iPod Alarm Clock

9:20AM Sean Fallon | Even though the Yamaha TSX-W80 wakes you up at all hours of the morning, you just can’t stay mad at that pretty face. It even features a wireless iPod cradle that streams tunes using Yamaha’s proprietary AirWired technology. More »
Gadgets

This Might Be The Most Ingenious Bedside Clock Ever

2:30PM Adrian Covert | There are two things I don’t like when I wake up in the morning — having to look across the room at the alarm clock on my desk, and sitting up to make sense of it. This timepiece acknowledges both issues. More »
Gadgets

How To Make Your Own Word Clock

9:00AM Jason Chen | The Qlocktwo word clock is impressive, but theoretical; as what normal person has $US1500 to pay for a clock? Now you can make your own. More »
Gadgets

Hacked Alarm Clock With 140dB Horns Should Be Murdered

12:00AM Joanna Stern | I hate you loud arse alarm clock. Cool hack, but if I had to wake up to this thing I would tear my ears out. Have a listen. More »
Gadgets

Swiss Military Watch Can Handle 6096m Depths, Dynamite

8:20AM Sean Fallon | Just in case you ever find yourself diving the Marianas Trench, you can take comfort in the knowledge that your Swiss Military “20,000 Feet” wristwatch won’t be crushed into oblivion with you. More »
Cameras

Wristwatch Camcorder Is More Subtle, Sneaky Than New iPod Nano

9:15AM Dan Nosowitz | The iPod Nano’s camcorder is pretty okay, but it’s just so obvious—what happened to the days of camcorders hidden in tie-clips and eyeglasses? The wristwatch camcorder is pretty sneaky and surprisingly not ugly. More »
Gadgets

Inside Of Grand Central Station’s Clock Ain’t Steampunk

6:40AM John Herrman | The New York Times sent a photographer inside Grand Central Station’s biggest clock—the one on the facade, not the indoor one on the pedestal. He emerged with an amazing spherical panorama that could’ve easily been taken in 1928. More »