In what can only be described as a work of art, [suedbunker] has created a clock under a glass dome. Sporting Nixie tubes, a DS3223, BCD encoders, and MPSA43 transistors driven by an MCP23008 I/O ...

Which Nixie tube clocks are best? Recently, using clocks that tell time using old-fashioned vacuum tubes (Nixie tubes) has become more popular. For anyone who loves to see the guts of technology, a ...

If you wished your lightsaber could tell the time, Urwerk has got your back. It's released its limited edition SpaceTime Blade clock that uses good old Nixie tubes to display a quirky collection of ...

Nyx is a unique Nixie tube watch that combines both retro nixie tube technology together with a modern design. Unfortunately there is a diminishing supply of Nixie tubes and only around 10,000 IN16 ...

MAKE’s got three different DIY kits that you can buy to build your own Nixie Tube clock. If you’re not familiar with Nixie tubes, you’re obviously not reading us often enough. You can buy your own kit ...

Here’s the deal. As you may recall, I’m working on a hobby project with my chum Joe Farr in England. This little beauty is going to be a 4-bit Heath Robinson Rube Goldberg (HRRG) Steampunk computer. I ...

My current hobby project involves creating a 21st Century incarnation of a super-tasty 21-segment Victorian display technology. I will explain more in a moment, but first... I don’t know about you, ...

One problem when implementing a Lixie-based clock is drift. Happily, there are ways around this. One problem when implementing a Lixie-based clock is drift. Happily, there are ways around this. As you ...

Nixie (“Numeric Indicator eXperimental No. 1”) tubes were displays used for digital readouts before the advent of the LED. Popular with James Bond villains who wanted to rule the world yet whose bomb ...