9
May
Apple Keyboard + UV Light
I have a question for all material scientists & plastic experts. I have an Apple wireless keyboard and a near-UV LED flashlight. As one would expect, many things fluoresce: tee shirts, white paper, etc. What is odd, is that only some of the keys on my keyboard do this. I would expect this to be an all-or-none type deal but specifically the F,J, arrows, Cap locks, function, alt, control and return keys glow while the others do not. Under normal light these keys look identical and feel the same. Read more
26
May
Fenix TK40 / CREE MC-E Diode
Who doesn’t want a 630 lumen LED flashlight? Okay, who doesn’t one that only costs $150? This thing is brighter than your average car headlights but only slightly larger than your average $5 Wal Mart incandescentpos. I probably just lost most of my readers by this point.
If you’re still here, however, you’re probably interested in the specs of this gadget: Read more
4
Apr
Dot-Matrix Desktop Clock
by DealExtreme (OEM Unkonow) $70 USD
I will be the first to admit that this clock is ugly. The only thing that saves this clock is the well executed LED display. It is unclear between the photos on DealExtreme.com whether this clock is orange or red, but I have seen videos and photos of both.
17
Mar
12-Digit LED clock
By Freddie Yauner / Price Unknown
As best as I can tell, I believe this is just a concept clock. The claim to fame is that the clock has enough decimal points in the seconds position to count in the millionths of a second. I doubt the internal oscellator is that accurate – but I don’t think I would be able to notice if it was off by a little bit.
Video and gallery after the jump
16
Mar
Jumbo Display LED Alarm Clock
OEM Unknown / ~$59.00
via Gadget4all.com
Does anyone know more about this click? I can’t tell if I love the design or if I hate it. The photo above doesn’t look very flattering but the angle view in the gallery blow looks kind of neat. At $60, it is overpriced for what it is but it may be a neat addition to some collections.
The once concern that I have has to do with all of the non-used pixels. For example, there are dots in the middle of letters, above the hours / minutes separater that will never illuminate. Do those elements look any different?
Gallery and description after the jump
15
Mar
Entropy Series Light Sculptures
By Guy Marsden
Entropy 1 – September 2008 – $1150.00
Entropy 2 – January 2009 – $1400.00
Take a look at these two light sculptures from Guy Marsden. I first discovered his work while looking for unique nixie clocks. In the last few months, he has created two cool light sculptures – Entropy 1 and Entropy 2. Check out the video of them in action after the jump. All photos and videos are copyright Guy Marsden.
Videos after the jump Read more
16
Nov
Kickass watches
I got quite a bit of interest from the Kickass Clocks post so I thought I would do a follow up. Now, for the neatest watches in the world.
The Nixie Tube Digital Wristwatch!
By Jeff Thomas / Resonant Instruments LLC
http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/watch.html
This is the really little brother of the NixiChron clock. The fact that he managed to fit all of the components in to such a small packagaing – and fit four vacuum tubes in it is amazing. They require about 180vdc to power…your average AA battery puts out just 1.5 for comparison. Read more