The creation of this article is a kitsch product that looks and pretends to be like a steam engine.
But within the body, there is microprocessor power and a graphics LCD screen that can display various clock faces.
It can generate a number of sound effects suitable for the current clock graphic displayed on the LCD.
The body is suitable to be produced at a 3D printer.
Read MoreNot all squeezers are actually meant to squeeze. Perhaps the most famous example of this is the Juicy Salif, designed by Philippe Starck in 1990. It is considered an icon of industrial design that has been displayed in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. It is manufactured by Italian kitchenware company Alessi. Its diameter is 14 cm, height 29 cm, and it is made from cast and polished aluminium. As the founder of the company Alberto Alessi recalls “I received a napkin from Starck, on it among some incomprehensible marks (tomato sauce, in all likelihood) there were some sketches. Sketches of squid. They started on the left, and as they worked their way over to the right, they took on the unmistakable shape of what was to become the juicy salif. While eating a dish of squid and squeezing a lemon over it, Starck drew on the napkin his famous lemon squeezer.”
Here is an other recent project, full schematic etc of a gadget that displays a smiley face on a 5×7 matrix led screen which sings along with the music around.
Gamen is a gaming device with stereo sound&voice capability, 128×64 graphics LCD display, suitable for one or two player games.
It also has got temperature sensor and real time clock. The device is powered by a PIC 18f4620 microcontroller and has additional eeprom for future needs.
There are several games available for the device including snake, pong, tetris, picman and tic tac toe. New ones are under development.
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