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Scientists Invent Time Cloaking Device

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Time Cloaking Device

Move over, Harry Potter! Your invisibility cloak is awesome. There is no denying that, but it only works to hide people or things that it covers. In our world, scientists have gone one step further and invented a time cloaking device! How mind-blowing is that? Physicists from Cornell University have made another step towards turning science fiction into reality when they successfully implemented a time masker, which works by altering the flow of light. This feat is based on a basic principle: humans see things happening around us via the light that reaches our eyes. By speeding up one part of the light and slowing down another part, the physicists Read more »

OV'L: Wall clock tells time with circles and dashes

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OV'L: Wall clock tells time with circles and dashes

Regular readers will know what a fan I am of alternative clocks and watches. Any way of spicing up the chore of time-telling has to be a good thing. I didn’t come up with this idea when I created five concept watch designs, but I wish I had. Called OV’L, this wall clock displays both the date and time on a series of concentric circles. The inner four circles display year, month, day and weekday, while the outer circles display hours, minutes and seconds. I’m not entirely clear whether this clock really exists or not. Designer Stefan Vasilev is into graphic and logo design, so this could just be a Read more »

Five concept watch designs that make you calculate the time

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Five concept watch designs that make you calculate the time

Inspired by the likes of Tokyo Flash watches, I started thinking about some concept watch designs that would force the wearer to work the old grey matter in order to work out what time it was. Some offer more precision that others, and some are easier to read, but all are definitely not your average analog or digital watch. 1. Fraction Clock Granted, this is a simple digital watch so it’s not hard to see what time it is. However, what this watch will do is to chime once in each one hour period — not necessarily on the hour but based on the associated fraction for that hour. The Read more »

Alpha Centauri red LED watch: futuristic time telling

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Alpha Centauri red LED watch: futuristic time telling

Long-time Forever Geek readers will know that we have a special interest in cool watches, particularly the amazing variety of head-scratching timepieces from Japan. For those who want something of that, but don’t want to pay top dollar (or yen) for the privilege, check out the Alpha Centauri all metal Red LED watch, available for under $20. Tap the button at the bottom of the watch and the 124 red LEDs light up. You can glean the hour and minute from whichever of those dots are lit. Read more »

Ovo Projection Clock

by Jim
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Ovo Projection Clock

I know it’s a little odd that you project an image of a clock to tell time. You’d agree with me probably that it seems to be short of a job to set this up too. A regular clock would just need a battery and a hook. The Ovo Projection Clock on the other hand needs a power source, a table top, the right angle, the right light environment and a smooth neutrally colored wall. Ah, the stuff we all need for geekiness. If this setup doesn’t bother you a bit, then I think you’re well on your way to be admired at how “unique” you tell time. The Ovo Read more »

TISSOT's SEA-Touch dive watch: luxury touchscreen Swiss timepiece

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TISSOT's SEA-Touch dive watch: luxury touchscreen Swiss timepiece

For the serious diver (or city faker who likes to fool people into thinking he’s just come back from the Pacific) comes some serious wrist wear. Swiss luxury watchmaker TISSOT has just shown off the SEA-Touch dive watch. It has many of the features a diver would need, including a diver’s log book for tracking previous dives, dive depth and speed displayed on its luminescent hands, thermometer and compass. There’s also an alarm, calendar, stopwatch and time zone function. Read more »