Rick Stanley has always been inquisitive. It got the best of him when he took apart a clock for the very first time. He wanted to know just what made it tick. Literally. He was four years old. And he’s been dissecting clocks and putting them back together ever since.
A real-time clock (RTC) chip is basically just like a watch — it runs on a battery and keeps time for you even when there is a power outage. Using an RTC in your project, you can keep track of long timelines, even if you reprogram your microcontroller or disconnect it from USB or its power plug.
Recent Harvard grad Harnek Gulati built a wooden word clock that is small enough to be worn as a wristwatch.
What’s cooler than a clock that draws the time with a marker? One that does it with a laser of course! Build your own.
Check out this glowing acrylic time piece
That’s not a wood grain… that’s layers and layers of Popsicle sticks! Take a look at this Georgian-style clock made from popsicle sticks.
Using a length of rope encoded with black bars, this artist created a unique time piece that winds through each minute.
