Collaborate Disseminate
We often think of synesthetes as those people who associate say, colors with numbers. But the phenomenon can occur with any of the senses. Simply put, when one sense is …read more Continue reading Synesthetic Clock Doesn’t Require Synesthesia
[Augusto Marinucci] liked the classic Cartier Tank series of dress watches aesthetic, but wanted something a bit more techy, with a decent runtime on a single battery. E-Ink displays are …read more Continue reading A DIY E-Ink Tank Watch
You have to be pretty ambitious to modify a clock to run for 50 years on a single battery. You also should probably be pretty young if you think you’re …read more Continue reading Low-Power Challenge: Making an Analog Clock Into a Calendar With a 50-Year Life
We see a lot of clocks here at Hackaday, so many now that it’s hard to surprise us. After all, there are only so many ways to divide the day …read more Continue reading Displaying the Time is Elemental With This Periodic Table Clock
It might seem antiquated, but Morse code still has a number of advantages compared to other modes of communication, especially over radio waves. It’s low bandwidth compared to voice or …read more Continue reading Morse Code Clock For Training Hams
As [Phil Greenland] explains in the first part of his excellent write-up, the lithium battery used to keep the real-time clock (RTC) going on the Macintosh SE/30 has a nasty …read more Continue reading Swap the Clock Chip on the Mac SE/30 with an ATTiny85
[Dmytro Panin] lives in Kyiv, Ukraine where there have been rolling blackouts to stabilize the power grid. To help keep track of when the blackouts might happen, be they planned …read more Continue reading Blackout Logger Keeps Track of Power Outages
[Marek] has an impressive collection of old Soviet-style Geiger counters. These are handy tools to have in some specific situations, but for most of us they would be curiosities. Even …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Soviet Geiger Counter Gets WiFi
It’s a simple jingle and it’s solid advice: “If in doubt, don’t give it out!” Continue reading FTC warns of LGBTQ+ extortion scams – be aware before you share!
Coin cells are great for backup power for things like real-time clocks, or even for powering incredibly small mechanical devices like watches. But for something like a data logger, running …read more Continue reading Careful Cuts Lets Logger Last a Year On A Coin Cell