We admit it -- we're suckers for a stylish timepiece. A surprising portion of our income goes towards purchasing new, fancy clocks, turning our living quarters into a slightly less melty version of Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory." The latest object of our affection? Adafruit's Pong-playing MONOCHRON clock, in which two AI opponents compete in pixelated table tennis, and the players' scores denote the current time. Check out a video after the jump to see the chronometer in action.
Sure, it's not the first Pong-clock we've ever laid eyes on, but with a slim $80 price tag, it is the first we've ever considered actually purchasing. Sadly, you have to assemble the clock yourself, a process which requires "some basic soldering & hand tools." Curses! We knew our decision to take home economics instead of shop class would come back to bite us one day.
yeah, me too! I would totally pay 80.00 for it but i'm not going to pay that much money for something that i'm not comfortable assembling myself. 80.00 and it's not even put together? ;(
Eventually though, the one on the right has had enough of him doing it after 23 times, and resets the whole thing, despite the fact he's beating the left 59-23.
Yeah, it's probably not hard, but for $80 I don't expect 'some assembly required' unless it's a computer. Or a kit car, but that's a different matter entirely.
I think I just found where the 75 bucks I got as some sort of bonus from work is going. Glad I have the tools and knowledge to put this thing together. I didn't take two years of highschool electronics to be beaten by some clock!
