Watchismo Times: DIY Hard Drive Clocks - Gotta See to Believe... Ingenious!

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DIY Hard Drive Clocks - Gotta See to Believe... Ingenious!

Strap a leather bracelet on it and I'll definitely wear it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHF-bm7wQ0
"This Strobeshnik clock is made from an old hard drive: "The digits are etched in the original platter and they're strobed from behind with leds. The HDD motor is driven by a custom circuit without feedback, hence poor startup performance and awful noise. Rotational feedback is provided by an IR LED/phototransistor pair near the place where the head arm formerly was."

The result is a whirling, grinding, eye-catching, unreadable kinetic sculpture. Now that's a timepiece"

via Cory@ BoingBoing

And some other analog style homemade hard drive clocks...