The Weatherclock is more than just a clock sporting Nixie tubes and neon lamps. There is even more to it than the wonderful workmanship and the big, beautiful pictures in the build log. [Bradley]’s ...
It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Sure, there are some who might simply sugarcoat blatant plagiarism with fancy quotes, but there are still cases that come from well-intended ...
Which Nixie tube clocks are best? Recently, using clocks that tell time using old-fashioned vacuum tubes (Nixie tubes) has become more popular. For anyone who loves to see the guts of technology, a ...
Nixie (“Numeric Indicator eXperimental No. 1”) tubes were displays used for digital readouts before the advent of the LED. Popular with James Bond villains who wanted to rule the world yet whose bomb ...
One problem when implementing a Lixie-based clock is drift. Happily, there are ways around this. One problem when implementing a Lixie-based clock is drift. Happily, there are ways around this. As you ...
A unique clock has been launched by Kickstarter this month called the NixieX designed by a team of engineers based in Vancouver, Canada. The NixieX Nixie tube clock and speaker system features a ...
Kickstarter has a fever at the moment, and the only cure is more tube clocks. For those unaware of this type of gadget, a Nixie tube clock uses heated cathodes in a glass-encased gaseous mixture to ...
Nixie tubes have experienced something of a resurgence in popularity in recent times, as the charm of combining new and old technologies continues to draw in retro-minded designers. ThinkGeek's DIY ...
We have featured quite a few different Nixie clocks here on Geeky Gadgets, but the latest one, designed by Daniel Kurth, is definitely the coolest so far: the Nixie Concrete Clock. The Nixie Concrete ...
Which Nixie tube clocks are best? Recently, using clocks that tell time using old-fashioned vacuum tubes (Nixie tubes) has become more popular. For anyone who loves to see the guts of technology, a ...