Alan Parekh of Hacked Gadgets has created an industrial-looking clock from wooden gears, a PIC microcontroller, and a scavenged stepper motor. This unique project blends traditional woodworking with ...
When you think of making something using a lathe, you usually think of turning a screw, a table leg, or a toothpick. [Uri Tuchman] had a different idea. He wanted to make a clock out of the gears used ...
Every minute is important to a man like Dorian Clair, who makes his living by making sure the time runs on time. He is an expert on measuring the minutes the old-fashioned way with clocks - the bigger ...
When I was a child, people used to talk about what would happen by the year 02000. For the next thirty years they kept talking about what would happen by the year 02000, and now no one mentions a ...
The Earth has rhythm. Every 24 hours, the planet pirouettes on its axis, bathing its surface alternately in sunlight and darkness. Organisms from algae to people have evolved to keep time with the ...
You’d be surprised how much junk email you get as an editor in the form of pitches from PR agencies that aren’t remotely relevant to your vertical. I mean, I get that some CRM is mechanically and ...
Analog clocks are beautiful things inside, using ornate gear trains to keep track of time in a dance of mechanical beauty. However, all too often, the complexity is hidden inside. This gear clock ...