How to Make a "Bob Clock"...uses 60 Multicolor LCDs

Once upon a time, when I was 16 or so, I used to haunt the electronic component aisles of my local Radio Shack. This was back when almost all the had was electonic components ... transistors and capacitors and resistors, and solder and soldering irons with which to put them all together.

I also bought books full of schematics on how to make electronic burglar alarms, electronic rain monitors, airport control tower monitors, etc. ... but never actually managed to make anything.

Anyway, I continue to harbor envy for guys like Bob, who not only make their own schematics, but bring them to reality, as with this clock. (You have to see the web site to understand how the clock displays the time.)

To whet your appetite, I quote from the Bob Clock inventor's introduction:

"The inspiration came to me in a dream sometime (I think it was arround 1997). This is the only time ever that I have really gotten an idea from a dream, and actually carried it out..."

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