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
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 »
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
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 »
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
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 »
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
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 »
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 » 