Challenge for 2017: Create time pieces. Because devlol hasn't got a single one!.
TomK32
Regaluhr is a esp8266 using NTP to display time on a 0.56" 7-segment display. source on github
Clockofant is a 9x8 pixels pcb showing handles for hours, minutes and seconds
prototype using ntp to show the minute of the day (10:56 UTC)
displaying UTC
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You
- make wonderful things
Brain-dump (ideas cost nothing, execution is priceless)
- In 2017 hackerspace clock ask you for time
It's Midnight In: <City>
Custom (epoxy?) 8 or 9 segment font: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adam_sporka/albums/72157603022145653
- Giant flip dot with 7 segments
- COB LEDs of different size for hour and minute handle.
- Plexiglas edge-lit handles that rotate and are lit from the center point.