New Chronulator clock kit spawns cigar-box clock

ShareBrained Technology, makers of the wild and wooly Chronulator clock kit, have released a new version of their product. Chronulator is an electronics kit that lets you build arbitrarily weird electronic clocks, from TokyoFlash-style digital numbers to whacky analogue ones that use dials, wheels or other readouts to display the time. John Park from Make tested the kit by building this handsom little fella inside a Romeo and Julieta cigar box.

Chronulieta cigar box clock

[#1 posted by Vanguard3000 , January 23, 2009 8:39 PM]

But... Now where will Mr. Park put his cigars?

[#2 posted by Robbo , January 23, 2009 8:46 PM]

Ahhhh - Romeo y Julieta.

I'm more of a Monte Christo man, myself - but - mmmmmm.

And ctaching a tune at the same time - yeah baby!

Cheers.

[#3 posted by Palilay , January 23, 2009 8:55 PM]

Looks like it came from the Guantanamo Bay yard sale.

Where do you attach the electrodes?

[#4 posted by nanuq , January 23, 2009 9:05 PM]

You have to be careful where you keep that if you want to avoid a visit from the Bomb squad.

[#5 posted by ScottTFrazer , January 23, 2009 9:20 PM]

I would totally not travel with that thing :-)

[#6 posted by AirPillo , January 23, 2009 11:28 PM]

^^^

You know, joking about repressed rights and government surveilance was little more common in the Soviet Union than it is today in the US and the UK.

However!!!

Back on subject: I think it probably would have been more handsome with the circuitry concealed within, and just a few arches of wire poking through the case.

A pair of toggle switches would kick this up a notch, as well, Emeril Lagasse style.

[#7 posted by jboone , January 23, 2009 11:42 PM]

Hi from Jared @ ShareBrained. Apropos of the prior Gitmo/travel comments, I thought everybody would enjoy a Chronulator made by the guy who originally gave me the idea. Witness, the BOMBULATOR!

http://www.sharebrained.com/chronulator/gallery/

(It's the second one on the page -- be sure to scroll down a bit.)

Thanks for the post, Cory!

[#8 posted by Anonymous , January 24, 2009 7:41 AM]

Seriously, don't take that into Boston or the Boston airport.

[#9 posted by Maxi Malone , January 24, 2009 7:41 AM]

Never underestimate the value of a cigar box. I used a piece of one to patch the ceiling in my bathroom.

May Your Glass Always Be Half Full

[#10 posted by Anonymous , January 24, 2009 1:25 PM]

I'm guessing this isn't something you pack in your carry-on luggage.

[#11 posted by SamSam , January 25, 2009 6:55 PM]

Ha! I have several of those Romeo y Julieta boxes -- I put dividers in them and made them my electronics storage bins. I hadn't though of using them as a project case yet...