News Item: : Talus Watch - About Time
(Category: Technology)
Posted by srafx
Sunday January 29 2006 - 05:35:06

Watch displays cheeky "approximate time" messages
The Talus About Time watch (not yet available) displays a text and number message giving you the approximate time, such as "Slightly After 6" and "Nearly 6 Forty Five." It undermines the false precision of traditional watches, and is also a great example of whimsical technology that takes advantage of low-cost computer logic to deliver products that would have been impossible a decade ago. I would love to have a wall-clock version of this.

Display------------(Start Time End Time)
Around 6 o'clock-----(5:57 - 6:03)
Slightly After 6-------(6:03 - 6:10)
Around 6 Fifteen------(6:10 - 6:20)
Nearly 6 Thirty-------(6:20 - 6:25)
Half Past 6-----------(6:25 - 6:35)
Nearly 6 Forty Five---(6:35 - 6:40)
Quarter To 7---------(6:40 - 6:50)
Just Before 7---------(6:50 - 6:57)
Around 7 o'clock-----(6:57 - 7:03)
About 12 Noon-------(11:57 - 12:03)
(or midnight)

Link:

This news item is from mediabong - news that bubbles
( http://mediabong.com/comment.php?comment.news.587 )