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Fullspot O Clock Watch

Here are some nice looking and very inexpensive Italian watches from Fullspot. Certainly designer, certainly fashion-ey, certainly the opposite of most of what you have in your collection. But actually quite fun. How cheap? Not really sure to be honest as there seems to be two prices. The brand’s US site wants $36 per watch, while the Fullspot’s Italian site (both have e-commerce components) wants $24.35. With shipping I am not sure how much they are. So, it is either of the two.

Make Your Own Animated Pong Clock

By Chris Scott Barr

While not the first video game in existence, Pong was the first widely-successful video game and is responsible for kick-starting the video game industry. It’s natural to want to pay homage to this gaming legacy in a variety of ways. We’ve seen a few Pong clocks in the past, but this is the first DIY kit I can recall coming across.

Not only does this purchase net you a cool clock that will make you the envy of your geeky friends, but it gives you a fun little project. It’s a fairly simple kit that even a beginner should be able to tackle in 2-3 hours. There’s just something about the satisfaction you get when you assemble something like this on your own (even if it did come from a kit). The going rate for one of these is $80, but unfortunately you’ll have to be patient. It looks like everyone else wanted one to, as they’re currently sold out.

[ Adafruit ] VIA [ GeekAlerts ]

Pyramid Power! Classic 80s-era clock back in stock

Seiko’s legendary talking pyramid clock returns in updated form, featuring LED lighting and sharp corners. It’s Japan-only for the moment. [via CrunchGear]

Bulbdial: a clock whose “hands” are shadows cast by LEDs

David sez,

“Almost two years ago, I came up with a concept for a ‘Bulbdial’ clock. Instead of physical hands, it has three shadows cast by a series of rotating lights indicating hours, seconds, and minutes.

Nine months ago, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories developed a working model using three rings of LEDs.

Now Bulbdial Clocks are available as a kit from EMSL. They did the hard work on this, coming up with a cool Mantel Clock implementation in various styles. You can get one at their site here.”

A Bulbdial Clock

(Thanks, David)

Ask Engadget: Best iPhone 3G (3GS) alarm clock / radio?

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Bora (from Turkey, he’ll have you know), who is sick and tired of waking up to bleeps, wails and static-filled tunes not on his iPhone.

“I own an iPhone 3G and I’m looking for a decent speaker / alarm clock for it. I am going to listen music in a mid-sized room, so I want nice quality speakers with solid bass. I also want to use it as an alarm clock, so it would be great if there is such a feature. The price can be low-mid to mid-high range. I was looking at the Klipsch iGroove SXT; it’s powerful, slick and the reviews are good, but it doesn’t have an alarm clock feature. It’s no deal breaker if I can set it up from the iPhone, but I’m not sure. Anyway, I’m open to recommendations. Thanks!”

Don’t front — we know a big swath of you loyal iPhone owners out there also have some sort of docking alarm clock / radio, so why not share your experience(s) with yours? It’s easy, we promise.

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