Comments on: DIY Pong Watch http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/01/05/diy-pong-watch/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:05:27 -0500 hourly 1 By: vi http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/01/05/diy-pong-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-64200 vi Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:42:29 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/01/05/diy-pong-watch/#comment-64200 WOW something new and different. How do you tell time? WOW something new and different. How do you tell time?

]]> By: John Maushammer http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/01/05/diy-pong-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-64134 John Maushammer Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:15:33 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/01/05/diy-pong-watch/#comment-64134 @Sascha - Yeah, I did focus on the maushammer logo on the pc board a bit too much... there isn't that much else on the board, and my name sticks out a lot. Every minute the right side scores a point; every hour the left side scores a point (and then the right side goes back to zero). The ball isn't synchronized to the seconds, so the time can be off by up to 3 seconds. The idea isn't mine - it was originally done in a really cool pong clock: http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/25/the-pong-clock/ @Sascha – Yeah, I did focus on the maushammer logo on the pc board a bit too much… there isn’t that much else on the board, and my name sticks out a lot.

Every minute the right side scores a point; every hour the left side scores a point (and then the right side goes back to zero). The ball isn’t synchronized to the seconds, so the time can be off by up to 3 seconds. The idea isn’t mine – it was originally done in a really cool pong clock: http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/25/the-pong-clock/

]]> By: Jon http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/01/05/diy-pong-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-64111 Jon Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:21:23 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/01/05/diy-pong-watch/#comment-64111 I never thought I would ever write this but this product is completely useless and I like it! Got nothing to do... watch the ball go back and forth on your wrist... time will guys fly! Jon I never thought I would ever write this but this product is completely useless and I like it! Got nothing to do… watch the ball go back and forth on your wrist… time will guys fly!

Jon

]]> By: Sascha http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/01/05/diy-pong-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-64109 Sascha Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:17:44 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/01/05/diy-pong-watch/#comment-64109 This looks more like a commercial for maus-hammer than one of those geeky DIY gadget videos. It's still geeky and very DIY, but with the close-ups and the music and everything it has a weird feel to it. Also, it's not as big as Blake makes it sound! However, what I wasn't able to gather from this infomercial is how time actually advances, i.e. is the time the ball takes to get from one pad to the other exactly one second? Does the ball go out and score a point to the full minute so that the score=time advances appropriately? This looks more like a commercial for maus-hammer than one of those geeky DIY gadget videos. It’s still geeky and very DIY, but with the close-ups and the music and everything it has a weird feel to it. Also, it’s not as big as Blake makes it sound! However, what I wasn’t able to gather from this infomercial is how time actually advances, i.e. is the time the ball takes to get from one pad to the other exactly one second? Does the ball go out and score a point to the full minute so that the score=time advances appropriately?

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