Join Cadence watch goes all mathematical
I know that time can be measured, where for the most of us, it is displayed on the watch that we wear on our wrists. While analog watches did once lose out in popularity to digital models in the past, they have sort of made a comeback over the years. Old is gold, I guess, and this saying holds true for watches. Cadence intends to engage the more cerebral purchasers out there with their latest timepiece after hiring Chris Thompson, the Math Clock designer, as the company’s Creative Director.
One of Thompson’s most famous feats would be his design of the Math Clock, where each numeral that denotes the hour is replaced with equivalent mathematical notations for that added bit of fun. Who says science and art cannot get along together? It is Thompson’s love of mathematics and which actually sparked off his inspiration for the first design that he has conjured for Cadence. Similar in some ways to the Math Clock, Chris intends to design a watch which will resonate with mathematic geeks, calling it the Radian Watch.
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Tick Tock iPhone Alarm Clock
I must take my hats off to the traditional alarm clocks that tend to create quite a din in an effort to get you up and running to face a brand new day, but after a while, their incessant ringing might actually help you get out of bed – on the wrong side, unfortunately. Don’t you think it would be better if you could wake up to a tune of your choice, or perhaps even to your favorite DJ on a radio station? Why, with the advent of iPhone accessories, you are now able to do so – and what better way than to merge the old and the new in the form of the £59.99 Tick Tock iPhone Alarm Clock?
Sure, the Tick Tock iPhone Alarm Clock might come in its classic round face and twin bell design, but that doesn’t mean it will ring its way through the morning and make a pest of itself. No sir, it is a modern docking station that will hold your precious iPhone inside when you go to bed at night (while juicing it up at the same time, of course), sporting a couple of 360° omni-directional full-range speakers so that your ears (and perhaps your partner in bed) will wake up to rich, multi-directional sound.
Other features include a built-in FM radio, an LCD display for FM/aux/alarm/time/date functions, five preset alarms and time synchronization with your iDevice. Want a more conventional alarm clock setup? That can be accomplished by pivoting the dock out of the way.
Sprout Eco Friendly Watch Review
When we talk about going green, the usual suspects tend to come into mind – electric or hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius and the lesser known Honda Insight. Apart from that there are also items such as solar powered devices ranging from phones to netbooks, but how about timepieces? Of course, one could technically argue that since a phone is more often than not the primary timepiece for many young people these days, a green phone would make for a green timepiece. I’m talking about a dedicated watch here folks – and Sprout is a name that you should acquaint yourself with if you haven’t done so already. It is hands-down, the greenest watches you will find. How so, you ask? I have a couple of Sprout watches for review, so why not head on after the jump to read all about them?
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Cadence Ecomatic Sport Watch
The ladies have their handbags and shoes to drool over, but we men have watches. Well, for the majority of us, to own a watch from one of the high end branded names remains a pipe dream simply because we’d much rather drive around a car than to have the same amount of money being exchanged for a shining timepiece on our wrists. Good thing there are different levels of brands, and Cadence offers a glimpse of the opulent at a rather reasonable price point – in the form of the Cadence Ecomatic Sport Watch.
What makes this watch be part of the “green” revolution? Well, we are talking about a battery-free watch – yes, that’s right, you need not worry about dead batteries (although I admit, that happens only once in a while, and you always have your phone to tell the time), as Cadence’s Ecomatic watches will wind themselves as long as it experiences motion, thanks to the wonders of kinetic energy.
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Boba Fett LEGO Minifigure Alarm Clock
We looked at Captain Rex making his debut as an alarm clock in the form of a LEGO minifigure, and here we have someone from the baddies group – Boba Fett, all decked out in LEGO minifigure glory as well. This £26.49 purchase will feature the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter (during the time of Episode V, of course), where this LCD alarm clock is an officially licensed product for you to contribute your hard earned money to George Lucas’ moneybags.
Heck, this tie up with LEGO has resulted in a cute looking alarm clock that boasts of a no-nonsense performance to help you get out of bed during those nice and cool mornings where you just want to pull the sheets over your head and get slightly more than forty winks. Nice to know that the all important snooze function has been thrown into the mix alongside a backlight to help you tell the time in the dark – both of which are activated simply by pushing his helmeted head down.
Heck, you can also adjust Boba’s hands and legs to strike the perfect wake up pose.
Captain Rex LEGO Minifigure Alarm Clock
It was painful seeing Order 66 being executed in the movies – somehow, most of the Jedi Knights as Jedi Masters leading the cohort of Clone Troopers got stabbed in the back – or should I say, got shot at the back. How many of them went down in a glorious manner, taking down at least one Clone Trooper? None that I could recall – it seems that they were not as attuned to the Force as Master Yoda was, hence failing to escape. I would say a nice jump away from the hot zone might have helped some survive.
Ah well, enough rambling – here is the £26.49 Captain Rex LEGO Minifigure Alarm Clock that is pretty much self-explanatory. Coming all decked out in a Clone Trooper uniform, this LCD alarm clock is an officially licensed product, featuring snooze and backlight functions that are obviously activated via the pushing down of his head. If you want, you can even position his arms and legs accordingly, although be warned, just like many other LEGO minifigs, this one has an extremely limited degree of movement.
Shoot the clock first thing in the morning
We’ve seen our fair share of different and zany alarm clocks in the past, but here is something else that might interest you – an alarm clock which requires you to actually “shoot” it using the included gun remote. Yes sir, this £22.95 alarm clock allows you to literally shoot the time – whenever it rings, of course. How does it work? Well, the alarm clock itself is constructed from an amalgamation of metal and plastic, where the accompanying plastic toy gun will stop the car alarm noise whenever you point the toy gun at the taxi on the alarm clock.
The whole idea behind this? To make sure you are awake enough to be able to turn off an alarm clock, whereby in the process you won’t go back to sleep, of course. Would be nicer if you could replace the image of the car with a photo of your nemesis, no? This particular purchase might cost you a bit more than usual in the long run, especially when you need a trio of AA batteries for the alarm clock and a couple of AA batteries for the toy gun. I would highly recommend rechargeables to go along with this though.
Moon Clock illuminates your room
There is nothing quite as romantic as being with your loved one under the light of a full moon – just make sure he’s not a vampire or werewolf and you’re good to go. For those who miss the soft glow of the moon, how about bringing the moon right into your bedroom? That’s now possible with the Moon Clock which retails for $32 a pop – allowing you to sleep under the stars (actually, just the moon since you will need to provide your own glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling) right in the comfort of your own bed.
Specially designed using 65 different actual photographs of the moon, this glowing clock will not only remain close to you always, it also lets you know just what time it is. Made out of a combination of paper, plastic and glass, the Moon Clock will be powered by a single AA battery. Definitely one of the cooler looking devices to have in the bedroom, and it sure as heck beats the ordinary plastic clock from IKEA.
