This charming Knock Clock was made by three Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design students for a 48-hour design project. When you knock on the top of this minimalistic wooden box, it knocks back the time of day (to the nearest quarter hour). It even has a basic alarm function, which—naturally—is set by knocking as well. [via Adafruit]
Update: Check out the interior of the Knock Clock here.
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New and cool idea
I want one
i like too, just not the servo sound…a solenoid might mimic the original knock
i like too, just not the servo sound…a solenoid might mimic the original knock
Hi Pete, we couldn’t agree more – we weren’t able to find any solenoids on short notice, however! ;) Glad you enjoy the project, though.
could make a simple coil-on-a-nail, that pulls a magnet with a swinging hammer, i don’t recall just how strong one of these would be tho
could make a simple coil-on-a-nail, that pulls a magnet with a swinging hammer, i don’t recall just how strong one of these would be tho
Very clever for its simplicity. I would put the photoresistor on the side instead of top so dust doesn’t accumulate in the hole and make it difficult to keep clean.