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Robotic Stonehenge Clock keeps the robo-druids on time

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Steve Norris's house must be full of robotic marvels. He's got that RoboStool we showed you, and also this creative clock that uses a robotic arm and a series of 14 numbered cards. He's coupled a CrustCrawler Smart Arm with a Parallax Propeller chip, and surrounded the arm with a semicircle of cards — it'll arrange them appropriately out in front of it, displaying the correct time. It may seem slower than an ordinary clock with three hands, but there's a definite charm in watching Norris's Stonehenge Clock move about.

Click Continue to see a video of the clock in action.

Norris Labs, via Slippery Brick

 
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sheikh:
It takes over a minute to change the digits. Not exactly the most handy....More »


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By Orb at 11:50 PM ON 08/04/08

This guy reminds me of the character JF Sebastian from Blade Runner. He probably has two miniature robots greet him when he comes home. "Home again, home again, jiggidy-jig! Gooood Evening, J.F!"

By Steve at 11:23 PM ON 08/05/08

Actually I do! What's wrong with that?

By sheikh at 2:58 PM ON 08/07/08

It takes over a minute to change the digits. Not exactly the most handy.


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