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June 23rd, 2010

Our maker compatriot, Alan Parekh over at Hacked Gadgets, has made this odd but cool multimeter clock, an homage to the Simpson 260 meter, using three meters to display hours, minutes, and seconds.

Multimeter Clock – Styled after the Simpson 260 Multimeter

BTW: This project got picked up by Design News, for their Gadget Freak series. As you’ve no doubt heard by now, we’ve teamed up with Design News to do our own Gadget Freak contest. You can find out more details on our Gadget Freak Design Contest landing page.

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