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D/A clock raises/lowers physical segments

Alvin Aronson, a student at RISD, made this clock that raises and lowers individual segments of corian gradually to tell the time. Very slick, here's the video - Link, and his site - Link.

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Posted by: Brian on March 13, 2008 at 8:28 PM

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Posted by: Mahto on March 13, 2008 at 8:46 PM

Neat clock... reminds me of this pin clock:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramonaquimby/1989169493/

Posted by: moose on March 13, 2008 at 9:10 PM

reminds me of the "merry xmas" epsiode of futurama, where fry was hanging from the digital clocktower?

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