LEGO-like calendar can be reshaped any which way
This product is not for me. Since the relatively widespread adoption of electronic calendars, I’ve sworn off old-school calendars for good. I was the guy with the calendar hanging on the wall that...
View ArticleThumbnail watch concept, would you buy one?
That watch is weird – I’m Brian Fellow! The TX54 took runner up in the Timex 2154 Future of Time competition. It’s a concept piece billed as “a disposable timepiece that is worn on the user’s...
View ArticlePeek E-mail Device tops TIME’s Gadget of the Year poll
The results are in for TIME Magazine’s Gadget of the Year poll and the Peek E-mail Device has been rated highest by TIME readers, taking the top spot. It beat out the iPod Touch, the Eye-Fi SD Card,...
View ArticleMoshi voice-controlled clock: good idea, could be better
I know there have been things like this before, but this one actually looks like a really well-designed little device. The Moshi IVR alarm clock (caution, autoplaying music) is a good-looking little…...
View ArticleKnow when it's time to wake up, analog style
Finding it too easy to read your current alarm clock? Check out the new “Time Tuner” from ATREP04 design, based out of Constantinople Istanbul. Instead of using something like a numerical display, the...
View ArticleTime's 100 Most Influential People Includes 4chan And Twitter Creators
This list is in. Time has released its annual Time 100 list, honoring the most influential people in the world. There are a lot of interesting names including Sarah Palin and President Obama, but let’s...
View ArticleTime Inc. wants a Kindle-alike
Is this what Peter Ha is working on? Owen Thomas wrote a piece about Time Inc. wanting a specialized e-reader a la the Kindle, thereby allowing them to eschew paper magazines entir Read More
View ArticleAspiral Clock makes telling time a ball
Most concept clocks are high on art, and low on functionality. That’s not the case with the Aspiral Clock, designed by Will Aspinall and Neil Lambath. Instead of using the standard hands, this clock...
View ArticleThe first perpetual mechanical timepiece: Cabestan Sol Invictus
Even discounting the fact that this is a watch, this is just an amazing little piece of machinery. The Sol Invictus puts a modern spin on the perpetual motion machine, using micro-motors, solar cells,...
View ArticleTime for E-ink: Seiko announces the first active-matrix watch
Here’s an interesting little tidbit; Seiko just announced that they are going to producing the world’s first active matrix e-ink timepiece. That’s right, a wristwatch that uses e-reader technology to...
View ArticleTime is Money: a review of the Meeting Cost Calculator and Clock
Many people lament about how unproductive the traditional “business meeting” is. One or more participants feel the need to assert their opinion at great length, or simply regurgitate the same...
View ArticleTime gives the iPad a second go
Steve Jobs gave us a little sneak peak at Time’s upcoming iPad app during the iPhone 4 keynote. Here’s a full video demo. It’s the future — and very ambitious one at that. Time definitely improved on...
View ArticleCitizen Eco-Drive World Perpetual AT Watch
Citizen’s featured mainstream new watch collection for 2010 is this Eco-Drive World Time Perpetual AT line of timepieces. Based on a newly developed movement, the collection comes in a large range of...
View ArticleManufacture Royale Opera Time-Piece Watch
Beat me with a stick! I just had to plod through Manufacture Royale’s nine page long bloody press release – only to have reasserted what they mention in the first few lines; that they are “unashamedly...
View ArticleHermes Watch Suspends Time
As Hermes fends off attacks from LVMH to retain its independence they also continue to push forward with their prowess as watch makers. For 2011 their horological focal point is the Arceau Le Temps...
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Time Inc. To Lay Off About 500
Another publisher, Time Inc., is laying off 6% or about 500 employees in an effort to streamline operations at the 21-title publishing house. The lay-offs came after a thorough examination by Bain...
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Google Forms Finally Become Useful Thanks To Properly Formatted Date And Time...
Google Docs, now Drive, have always had an option to create forms that would drop data right into a spreadsheet. This is super handy until you tried to do something like…collect date and time...
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Time.com Hires Design Studio Big Human For This Fall’s Big Relaunch
Time is moving forward with its plans for a major redesign and relaunch of the Time.com website this fall, announcing today that it has hired design studio Big Human. It’s an interesting choice,...
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Time.com Gets A Big Redesign, Along With New Ad Units
The new Time.com is here. Well, it should be here for some of you, anyway. A spokesperson said that the first few users should see the new layout now, and it will continue rolling out tonight and...
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Fortune And Money Launch New Sites And Split Off From CNN Money
Two of Time Inc.’s business and finance publications, Fortune and Money, are getting new online homes today. You’re probably familiar with the magazines, and you’ve probably read some of their...
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