Facebook

Twitter

StumbleUpon

Email

vote downundo vote up flag

youtube.com - 9/5/2008

Pong Watch (video)

—

I succeeded in compressing all the electronics for this watch in to a 10mm-thick case. The 96x64 OLED display runs continuously - unlike older LED watches, t...

8

maushammer.com - 9/5/2008

Homemade Pong Watch

— maushammer.com — I’ve always wanted to make my own wrist watch, but I had never gotten around to doing... it. I love the Buro Vormkrijgers Pong Clock , but still didn’t build anything. Then after I ran in to David Forbes at the 2006 Maker Faire and got to see his amazing ... (more) Homemade Pong Watch

Comments vote downundo vote up technabob found this 9/5/2008found this

1

technabob.com - 9/5/2008

pong watch will entertain you on long bus rides

— technabob.com — This homemade Pong watch will entertain you with retro gaming moves while informing you of the time.... The idea is inspired by Buro Vormkrijgers and his Pong Clock. You can’t control the game, but rather it’s a Pong game in which every ... (more) pong watch will entertain you on long bus rides

Comments vote downundo vote up Boing Boing Gadgets found this 9/5/2008found this

Leave a Comment

pong watch will entertain you on long bus rides
technabob — This homemade Pong watch will entertain you with retro gaming moves while informing you of the time. The idea is inspired by Buro Vormkrijgers and his Pong Clock. You can’t control the game, but rather it’s a Pong game in which every minute the right side scores a point, and each hour the left side scores a point. The effect is that the score of the game is the time. John Maushammer has spent a fair amount of time and energy on this, and has thoughfully shared not only a build log, but also, the technical plans and a whole series of movies ...

Incredible Pong Watch tells time through a lopsided score
Boing Boing Gadgets — Genius: John Maushammer has built himself a homemade Pong Watch, in which two automated players score points according to the time. The time telling mechanism is simple: every minute, the right side player scores a point, where as every hour, the left player scores a point, with the score reset every 24 hours along with the time. Better, Maushammer has shared the build log and technical plans so you can make your own. Think Geek, please start mass producing these, stat. Pong Watch [John Maushammer via Technabob] ...

Homemade Pong watch comes with plans
CrunchGear — Finally something I’d like to build! This homemade Pong watch by John Maushammer includes full plans for creating this mini Pong game that tells the time by “losing.” Too bad my hands are so shaky from self-abuse that I can barely replace an XBox ...

Homemade Pong Watch (video)
GadgetReview — It was years ago when we saw the Pong Clock go on sale, and oh boy did it cause a stir.  Now one hobbyist turned obsessive has built a very polished watch version of the game.  The build process looks very extensive and perhaps even expensive, but the pay off is a store quality  watch that plays pong on your wrist while telling the time of day. [via Hackaday] Read ...