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March 8th, 2010, 04:05
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Turning aged hard drives into clocks (http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/09/diyer-constructs-artsy-wall-clock-from-spare-hdd-parts-tells-a/) has been a common occurrence (http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/hard-drive-clock-combines-endless-march-of-time-inevitable-data/) for years now (http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/harddisc-uhr-spins-a-disk-of-hard-time/), but there's still something magical about this rendition. Designed and crafted by Svofski, the Strobeshnik relies on the stroboscopic effect to create the illusion of a persistent numeric display. The HDD platter itself has ten digits, colon and dash marks cut all the way through it, and by carefully timing the light strobes, the illusion is perfected. Check out a video of the startup just below the break -- and be patient, the payoff is spectacularly sweet.Continue reading Strobeshnik: probably the most awesome hard drive clock of all time (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/07/strobeshnik-probably-the-most-awesome-hard-drive-clock-of-all-t/)
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Turning aged hard drives into clocks (http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/09/diyer-constructs-artsy-wall-clock-from-spare-hdd-parts-tells-a/) has been a common occurrence (http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/hard-drive-clock-combines-endless-march-of-time-inevitable-data/) for years now (http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/harddisc-uhr-spins-a-disk-of-hard-time/), but there's still something magical about this rendition. Designed and crafted by Svofski, the Strobeshnik relies on the stroboscopic effect to create the illusion of a persistent numeric display. The HDD platter itself has ten digits, colon and dash marks cut all the way through it, and by carefully timing the light strobes, the illusion is perfected. Check out a video of the startup just below the break -- and be patient, the payoff is spectacularly sweet.Continue reading Strobeshnik: probably the most awesome hard drive clock of all time (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/07/strobeshnik-probably-the-most-awesome-hard-drive-clock-of-all-t/)
Strobeshnik: probably the most awesome hard drive clock of all time (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/07/strobeshnik-probably-the-most-awesome-hard-drive-clock-of-all-t/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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