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Homebrew Wearable Electronics Steampunk VFD Wristwatch (johngineer.com)
43 points by waterlesscloud on Oct 27, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments



It looks excellent. VFD doesn't say "steam" quite like nixies, but it's clearly more practical for a wristwatch.


If you look at the linked twitter thread, William Gibson says it's more cyberpunk than steampunk.


I'd be much happier with 30v next to my skin rather than 300v for a nixie, that's for sure.


Really nice answer to all the iWatches an alike hitting the markets right now. Awesome!


So what.. It's really nice to look at. But I do hope I'm not the only one seeing that the first time you wash your hands in a sink, is going to end badly. For the watch at least.


Watches are almost entirely about style; otherwise everybody would wear one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Casio-F91W-1-Classic-Resin-Digital/dp/...?




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