Just don't bring it to school!
He didn't shuck a Micronta clock and hot glue it into a pencil case.
Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prototype of a liquid clock
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#72Just FYI I interpreted the URL as "Hell or Hei" which might not be the impression you want to give.
I assumed that was intentional- "come hell or high water", liquid clock, it makes a lot of sense in a punny sort of way.
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#73Why does the press kit make me download a zip? I just wanted to learn more. Cool idea though.
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#74Really nicely done!
Is all the equipment yours or did you work in a Makerspace or something?
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#75author here, i will be glad to answer any questions you guys have
I couldn't find anywhere in the video where it was changing the time in real time....it either shows it while staying at a certain time, or shows it in fast motion. Am I looking in the wrong place?
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#76author here, i will be glad to answer any questions you guys have
I couldn't find anywhere in the video where it was changing the time in real time....it either shows it while staying at a certain time, or shows it in fast motion. Am I looking in the wrong place?
I was also desperate to see this. And rightly so, here's what looks like a prototype link from above - and it's beautiful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-drmRYsvUaM
You can really appreciate the difference between the gentle movement induced with mechanically actuated magnets, and the nasty instantaneous movement which would happen with electro.
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#77Really nicely done! Is all the equipment yours or did you work in a Makerspace or something?
Check out the credits at the end of the page: http://www.hellorhei.com/
No mention of a particular Makerspace, but obviously a lot of collaboration with people with various tools/skills.
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was wondering about the spikes. What did you do that worked / didn't work to fix that? What is the 'thickness'? I'm guessing only several millimeters??
actually this was the hardest part, how to make numbers look thick and REAL, and connected. Here is a GIF that shows this nicely: https://www.dropbox.com/s/066c8502j2zwlwo/rheiani.gif?dl=0 Thats the reason why i had to work with ferrofluid and change its structure and composition, i wanted to have thicker numbers. Whole screen is 10mm thick inside, and numbers sometimes go up to 8mm of thickness. They are especially…
You've done that quite well. I'm surprised its that thick, but it looks like it give the numbers an awesome rounded look.
Really adds to the organic look and feel.
Well done!
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#79The project itself is amazing, but this is also one of the most beautiful websites and captivating videos I have seen in awhile.
Vide is a product of two very talented guys, Djordje Stojiljkovic and Nenad Veljovic. I will pass on your compliments to them. As for the website, that would be my primary profession UX/UI design :) Althugh it was all done in 1 day.
You guys did a good job!! Amazing.
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#80author here, i will be glad to answer any questions you guys have
Absolutely fantastic idea and execution. Props to the video producer(s) as well.
One question: what sort of power consumption is required to maintain the digit positions inside of the enclosure?