{"id":395660,"date":"2010-03-05T23:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5486889"},"modified":"2010-03-05T23:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T04:20:00","slug":"segmentus-clock-concept-is-half-digital-half-analog-clocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/395660","title":{"rendered":"Segmentus Clock Concept Is Half Digital, Half Analog [Clocks]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/03\/lebedev2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/03\/500x_lebedev2.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\"  title=\"Segmentus Clock Concept Is Half Digital, Half Analog\"\/><\/a>First, man made the analog clock. Then he made the digital clock. Then, just because he could, he made the funky cross between the two that looks like a digital clock but has moving mechanical parts like an analog one.<\/p>\n<p>Art Lebedev, the patron saint of cool concepts that will never be manufactured as real products, has applied his unique genius to the world of timekeeping. The result is Segmentus, a clock that uses swinging plastic segments to replicate LCD-style numbers.<\/p>\n<p><!-- videoId: yWma_3koR_M --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/v\\\/yWma_3koR_M&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22\",\"customParams\":[],\"width\":500,\"height\":412,\"ratio\":0.824,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":null,\"objectId\":null,\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"youtube\"} );\n<\/script><!-- \/videoId: yWma_3koR_M --><\/p>\n<p>OK, the numbers aren&#8217;t always the easiest to read&mdash;this is particularly annoying for those of us who thought that digital clocks would always be a safe harbor in the confusing and often embarrassing world of analog timekeeping&mdash;but, hey, it&#8217;s art. Er, Art. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artlebedev.com\/everything\/segmentus\/\">Art Lebedev<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/art-lebedev-segmentus-clock-is-digital-and-has-hands-0576873\/\">SlashGear<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=2d56d95b9efd0da0adfce23b9d13635f&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=2d56d95b9efd0da0adfce23b9d13635f&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ZQr3xhRbaQQ:jaugOnKi7ys:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ZQr3xhRbaQQ:jaugOnKi7ys:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ZQr3xhRbaQQ:jaugOnKi7ys:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=ZQr3xhRbaQQ:jaugOnKi7ys:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ZQr3xhRbaQQ:jaugOnKi7ys:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=ZQr3xhRbaQQ:jaugOnKi7ys:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/ZQr3xhRbaQQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, man made the analog clock. Then he made the digital clock. Then, just because he could, he made the funky cross between the two that looks like a digital clock but has moving mechanical parts like an analog one. 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