One of the biggest hurdles facing anyone building a word clock is the construction of the LED matrix; each LED or word needs to be in its own light-proof box. There is another option, and it’s ...

The words on the face light up to form a sentence that tells you the time in verbal terms. The bright LED lights spell out the approximate time so it feels much more human than a digital display.

See images of another tiny display with pixels the size of a human hair.

LED displays have transformed the modern visual experience, providing incredibly high-resolution solutions for various ...

One of the hard parts of word clock design is controlling light spill. [Joakim] used a simple 3D printed frame to box each LED in. This keeps the spill under control and makes everything easier to ...