Rotating screw becomes DIY clock
Bomi Kim's DIY clock-making concept, The Meaning of Time, has a certain Korokova Milk Bar minimalism to it. Essentially, it's just a plastic screw, with minute and hour shafts horologically rotating according to the usual standards of time-keeping. You simply smash it into a planar surface, stuff two objects through the holes, and voila: your own clock. I think, though, that the real possibilities of such a device will only become apparent when someone on Modblog hammers one into his pineal gland, tattoos his face with digits and inserts his fingers through the holes whenever someone asks him for the time.
Making Your Own Clock [Yanko Design via Wired]
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Pineal gland's on top of the head, though, innit?
No, it marks pretty much the center of your forehead. Which, admittedly, wouldn't make it a very good clock: he'd probably really want to punch it through his nose.
I really freaking want this. A lot of stuff is posted on this blog that's cool but I would never buy. I would absolutely buy this thing...provided it's less than $10-15, WHICH IT SHOULD BE!
The compactness may drive the price up. On the other (ahem) hand... Clock mechanisms are available off-the-shelf for homebrewers; maybe someone could come up with press-on adapter rings for those which achieve the same provide-your-own-hands effect. You'd need to mount it from behind the panel, but if you're on a budget...
"Quality, Service, and Price! (Pick any two.)"
Korova Milk Bar.
(korova means cow in russian)
"I think, though, that the real possibilities of such a device will only become apparent..."
followed by inadequate imagineering.
think nudist colony, brah.
Any NBA star can see from the picture above that the holes don't go all the way through. Maybe you should have yourself fitted with electro-occular implants before thinking about boring holes in other peoples' skulls?