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Science Meets Style In This Cathode Tube Watch

Posted by samzenpus on from the back-to-the-tubes dept.

scope-n-SHOUT writes "The Nixie Watch displays the time on nixie tubes, a cold-cathode tube filled with neon, a little mercury and argon at a small fraction of atmospheric pressure. Nixies were used in many early electronic desktop calculators, including the first: the vacuum tube-based Sumlock-Comptometer Anita Mk VII in 1961. This two-digit wristwatch is designed for everyday use, being water-resistant and rugged, not to mention looking really retro-future cool. The watch requires no button pushing to operate - it shows the hours, minutes and seconds in sequence at the flick of the wrist. For the hardcore code tweaker, a programming adapter allows the GPL'd PIC firmware running the watch to be hacked up at will. The Nixie Watch is being sold in very limited edition, with each piece individually numbered and engraved."

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  1. Slashdot meets... by mattwarden · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... cheap advertising. All that was missing was a "step right up" intro.

  2. Re:Skip it, thanks... by doubtless · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but same can't be said about the "sell out" slashdot editor, sick.

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  3. Re:So when did /. become such an ad pusher? by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's more suggesting that Slashdot editors are accepting bribes to link to products. It's a very easy thing to do, due to the very defense that you quote. There have been a slew of questionable articles lately, and it doesn't take a genius to theorize that Slashdot has become corrupt. The risk versus payoff is just too rewarding to pass up. If I were a Slashdot editor, you can believe that I'd put my ass up for sale.

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  4. Stop the Slashads! by Lord+Byron+II · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I am sick and tired of these blantant ads appearing on Slashdot! Remember a few weeks ago, we had the "high tech gifts for geek dads" article? Which turned out to be a CDROM with parenting tips?

    The editors need to start acting like editors and edit! If an ad-post occassionally makes through, then alright, I understand, but ones like this one are obvious. It reads like an ad and the only link to the watch is the one to the manufacturer.

    I've heard other people say it and I'm starting to agree: a moderation system for stories that make it to the front page might not be a bad idea. If the editors won't do their job, then let us do it for them.

  5. Re:So when did /. become such an ad pusher? by tgd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you get stuck in cryogenic suspension for the last five years?

    Its been a LONG time that the logo should read Slashdot: Ads for Nerds, Repost that Don't Matter.

  6. Re:The only problem... by Cheapy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This watch causes rampant masturbation?

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