Even for the old-school sundial, analog is out and digital ... a digital clock, no batteries needed. Using an extraordinarily articulated dial, the apparatus uses light and shadow to display ...

Chalk it up to a misspent youth reading way too many steampunk novels if you like, but there’s something inexplicably cool about combining futuristic and past technology to create something fresh.

A somewhat different artifact of craftsmanship caught my eye earlier today—an especially digital ... obelisk’s shadow. The shadow even moves to reflect the position of the sun.

The clock is hung from a string so that the sun falls on its left side, allowing the attached pig’s tail to cast a shadow across the grid. The user aligns the clock so that the tip of the tail ...