Strobeshnik clock is the coolest hard drive/clock mod you’ll ever see!

I’m one for unique, creative, and downright “your jaw hit’s the floor it’s so cool” gadgets. When someone takes the time to blend various objects or modify gadgets into new things that are completely off the wall, it’s a testament to how much of a nerd they really are. Say someone were to take your normal spinning hard drive, place a few LED’s behind the spinning platter, cut out some numbers, and time it all so the LED’s lit up at precisely the right moment as to show the current time — the result would be nothing short of amazing, no? For one modder, “Svofsk”, that very thing has been accomplished. Let me tell you, it may not seem like much — timing some LED’s and all — but when you stop and think about how fast hard drives spin and how fast (and precise) such LED on/off transitions have to be, well, it becomes pretty mind boggling. But don’t let my senseless babbling be the only source you have for this. Check out the vid below…

• Learn how to make it yourself, compliments of Svofski’s website with very, very detailed schematics.

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