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Clock Hacks |
 | Superb Mechanical Seven-Segment Display
Sure, 7-segment displays are common electronic components we see everyday. This, however, is an entirely mechanical version which morphs each minute as the time changes. To accomplish this, it uses lots of small servo motors to manipulate each... |
 | Alarm Clock Shreds Cash if you don't Wake Up Need a little motivation to get up in the morning? I bet an alarm clock which shreds your money would motivate you to get out of bed. Insert money the night before and, if you wish to sleep in, face the consequences: it WILL shred your money! ... |
 | DIY Open Source Sunrise Alarm Clock
Artificial sunrise clocks simulate the natural light of a rising sun instead of a shrill alarm to wake you up. However, retail sunrise alarm clocks are rather spendy. Using Open Source components, a this low cost alternative can be made for under... |
 | DIY LED Matrix Pong Clock
Don't Miss: Dirt Cheap, Epic DIY Pong Clock
This neat LED clock mimics the display of the Pong video game to show the time as two paddles play back and forth. The game plays on automatically and updates the time by scoring a point. It also... |
 | Build a Glossy Black Word Clock with Arduino
For a unique addition to your living space, the word clock is a novel new way to tell the time. The inspiration for this black and sleek clock comes the previously mentioned DIY Arduino Word Clock. Yes, it's more difficult to discern what time... |
 | Stunning Illuminated POV LED Clock
Persistence of Vision (POV) flashes LEDs at certain moments as it spins, thus creating the "clock" above. The PCB blades are spun around using a PC cooling fan to creat this POV clock. The animation effect is thanks to illuminated LEDs which are... |
 | Unique LED Clock made from Old Hard Drive
We've seen plenty of creative custom clocks in the past, and even hard drive clocks, but this one is unique.  Instead of using the LED's as the hands of the clock, this one uses a stroboscopic effect to display the actual numbers while the... |
 | Arduino Based LED Alarm Clock
Making an accurate microcontroller clock can be a little tricky but you can learn how it's down by building your own Arduino alarm clock using LED Matrices and a coffee can housing. All of the electronics are based on Wisedino (Arduino with timing... |
 | How to: LED Hard Drive Clock using Arduino
Ah...the Arduino. The super powerful, easy to program microcontroller brings us another fantastic DIY project. We've seen a few hard drive LED clocks in the past, but this one looks outstanding and is easier to create. It uses POV... |
 | Make a DIY Arduino Word Clock
Find out how to build your own 'Word Clock' using the power of Arduino. It's definitely unique and eye-catching clock which literally tells you the time unlike your standard digital clock.
The instructions are really easy to understand and well... |
