Gigantic Polish Binary Clock

Like a giant Tokyo Flash watch, this binary clock installation at the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, was erected by students hoping to promote the technical nature of their university. How noble.

The Big Binary Clock project displays the time using 18 round windows, with the green LEDs representing the hours, the blue representing the minutes, and the red the seconds. The time can be set remotely via Bluetooth, and an NXP ARM7 processor keeps it ticking over nicely. Certainly beats the usual "projects" students "erect" in US colleges. [Big Binary Clock, Via: Hacked Gadgets, Via: Gizmodo]

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Via: Neatorama
--arbyn

Guns and Roses: The Photographer Who Literally Shoots His Subjects

"Point and shoot: A red rose in liquid nitrogen explodes on contact with a bullet in one of Alan Sailer's dramatic high-speed photographs"
A photo shoot usually requires a photographer to just point a camera and snap - but U.S. artist Alan Sailer takes the process much more literally.

The California-based photographer, 54, has captured a series of otherwise unassuming items as they explode on contact with a bullet.

The dramatic results feature everything from flowers to fruit, as well as more unexpected items such as bacon and even snow globes.

An expert at high-speed photography, Mr Sailer takes the pictures in a dark room positioned around 20cm from the target. The camera, which features a unique home-made flash, is set at a one-second delay.

Mr Sailer, who describes the process as 'beyond dangerous, says: 'The special item is the flash. It is a home-built unit based on the design of Harold Edgerton*. The flash is about .5 microsecond in duration and runs at 17,000 volts. It is beyond dangerous, it's deadly.

'The flash is triggered when the pellet from a rifle travelling at about 200 metres per seconds passes through a laser beam. Its the same principle as those beams that set off a chime when you walk into a store,' he continues.

'The camera is set at one second and an f-stop of 9-13 depending on the reflectivity of the subject. The flash stops the action. The one second gives me time to click the camera shutter with one hand while I pull the trigger on the rifle with the other.' LINK

Light Bulb Cufflinks

“Taken a “shine” to clever, imaginative gifts? Follow the guiding light to these smart, designer cufflinks! Perfect for any cuffed shirt, our light bulb cuff links make a bold, bright statement… and come in quite handy should you find yourself needing a little light. Composed of durable stainless steel and accented with a solid acrylic light bulb, simply push the back button for a quick LED light bulb flash and guaranteed conversation starter!” LINK

More than 200+ Free Flash Online Games – Friv

Just take a look at the number of icons at the image above, that’s exactly how many free flash games Friv.com have on their website. If you are looking for places online to kill some spare time, with Friv we believe you’ll be spending hours. LINK

Flash From the Past: Online Animation of Yesteryear

Flash animation has come a long way in a short period of time. However, it would be a shame to forget that which came before. Here are ten 'old' flash movies that you may remember. Let's take a walk down memory lane. LINK

How Fast Are You ? Test Your Reaction Time

So - you think you’re pretty quick, eh? Well, give this little Flash game "Reaction Time" a try. The goal is simple: click the mouse when you see the button change color and see how fast you really are.

Link [Flash], Via Neatorama