Carbon Design Group Domino Clock

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed)
Dec 19th 2010 at 11:01AM

Carbon Design Group has succeeded in making the first prototype of a wall clock that looks like three large domino bricks placed right next to each other. Because the dominoes natively have up to 12 dots on them, they make perfect indicators for a stylized clock. Read in order from left to right, the pieces indicate the hours, and then the two digits for the minutes. Really just that simple. The numeral circles flip around from black to white when the time changes. Each of the three large bricks communicates wirelessly with each other to ensure the time is right. I believe that each would have to be powered separately.

While the concept has the domino bricks mounted on a wall, they could just as easily be perched on a table. The electrical mechanism required to make the system work needed to engineered practically from the ground up. Carbon Design Group developed a new type of electronic magnetic coil motor, and the system can be adjusted for how fast you want the discs to turn over. The now working concept will be officially unveiled in 2011, with possible consumer versions of the Domino Clock available after that. Click below for a view of the clock in action.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.