Time Twister - LEGO Mindstorms Digital Clock

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  • @westsenkovec
    @westsenkovec 6 років тому +6247

    *-What time is it?*
    *-I'll tell you in forty seconds*

  • @phuturephunk
    @phuturephunk 9 років тому +1997

    You need to put up a twelve hour version of this video.
    I'm not even kidding.

  • @flyntcoal145
    @flyntcoal145 9 років тому +3176

    I always wanted a clock where every minute was an alarm in itself.

    • @disaar3679
      @disaar3679 9 років тому +87

      You mean, second. lol

    • @Matthew_M11
      @Matthew_M11 9 років тому +21

      Flynt Coal LOL. Every second, that, noise!

    • @clurtis2953
      @clurtis2953 6 років тому +21

      And I wanted one when it took a minute to change the minute digit

    • @christianmichaud2139
      @christianmichaud2139 6 років тому +1

      Flynt Coal I

    • @st._rman1906
      @st._rman1906 6 років тому +2

      U must see the clock i made.by the time u tell the time u are awake.😎

  • @Lucas7yoshi_
    @Lucas7yoshi_ 8 років тому +1438

    That moment when you realize your litterally waiting for a clock to change

    • @SomeRandomGuy789
      @SomeRandomGuy789 8 років тому +37

      you're

    • @Razerninja7
      @Razerninja7 7 років тому +5

      he's from england so we say Your

    • @chrisfan3450
      @chrisfan3450 6 років тому +5

      That moment yo realise that by the time the clock has changed another minute has passed

    • @nowhed
      @nowhed 6 років тому +2

      That doesn’t make any sense

    • @deepstonecrypt
      @deepstonecrypt 2 роки тому +1

      @@SomeRandomGuy789 y'reuo

  • @ravekid23
    @ravekid23 10 років тому +2591

    By the time it said 10:00 it was already 10:01

    • @matejsommer72
      @matejsommer72 10 років тому +92

      I don't think so... By the time the changing-process finished, it was 10:00:43.

    • @ITR
      @ITR 10 років тому +31

      Matej Sommer Well, it started on 0:50, so then it would be 10:00:53.
      Unless it started early
      EDIT: never mind, it stopped 15 seconds before the video ended, making you correct.

    • @pathossucks
      @pathossucks 10 років тому +6

      Well, in it's memory, it knows the time has changed, it's just completing one cycle before starting another.

    • @rhysboddis6568
      @rhysboddis6568 10 років тому

      lol

    • @kinstar
      @kinstar 10 років тому +1

      then its going to take another min trying to do 10:01 and so and so you wont even know what the time still cool buut too slow

  • @coledavidson5630
    @coledavidson5630 Рік тому +77

    The fact that you found a way to use just one motor for each digit is incredible

    • @BurgerSoda
      @BurgerSoda 8 місяців тому +1

      Same system used in combo locks

  • @tompedersen3304
    @tompedersen3304 Рік тому +141

    Unfortunately 99% of all the comments here do not appreciate the mechanics behind this. I say really well done to the creator.

    • @julianw1010
      @julianw1010 Рік тому +5

      Don't they? Of course it's amazing, and especially since it's pretty old. I tried to build it myself years ago, but gave up because of obscure lego pieces missing

    • @timhofstetter5654
      @timhofstetter5654 Рік тому +4

      Ah, but that clock is marvelously mechanically SIMPLE. It's simpler than an odometer. The trickery is all in the firmware.

    • @insaneproductions9117
      @insaneproductions9117 Рік тому +3

      @@julianw1010I’m reading some of the comments and it’s annoying me how much there is and how much likes they get complaining it’s to loud, or it’s annoyingly slow, like of corse it’s going to be slow and loud it’s legos!
      Appreciate the fact it works at all, with how small it is with just one motor per number! Like the guy said appreciate the mechanics.

  • @JohnProffer
    @JohnProffer 8 років тому +887

    really cool, but painfully slow

    • @user-sy4lz6sw3t
      @user-sy4lz6sw3t 6 років тому +8

      Fire Wall yeah that's the point

    • @d00mfus
      @d00mfus 5 років тому +7

      And loud

    • @SuperPITSteelers
      @SuperPITSteelers 5 років тому +16

      @@user-sy4lz6sw3t I don't think the point of the clock is to be slow as that's rather silly. I think it's just because it's made of Lego

    • @samlarson4098
      @samlarson4098 4 роки тому +1

      John Proffer true

    • @andrewrchooven1996
      @andrewrchooven1996 4 роки тому +1

      @@user-sy4lz6sw3t why would that be the point?

  • @hyronharrison8127
    @hyronharrison8127 9 років тому +421

    The minute diode takes 1 minute to change...LOL

    • @Jemova
      @Jemova 6 років тому +4

      thats what i thaught

    • @Tasmaria
      @Tasmaria 4 роки тому

      which means the clock gets later and later and later each minute

    • @jurassicparklover0185
      @jurassicparklover0185 4 роки тому

      Hyron Harrison that’s how clocks work dummy

  • @X1XBlackbirdX1X
    @X1XBlackbirdX1X 9 років тому +460

    You have no idea how much I'd love listening to this all night! ;)

  • @collinsmith1167
    @collinsmith1167 8 років тому +391

    The time it takes to rotate probably takes like 3/4 of the whole minute

  • @MrDrProfessorMagic
    @MrDrProfessorMagic 9 років тому +57

    Dad: Whats the time son?
    Son: The time is... wait, hang on, almost there... Oh its um 10:00

  • @User-inthemorning
    @User-inthemorning 4 роки тому +17

    Colleague at work: hey man you look awful, you getting any rest?
    Me: got one of em Lego clocks for Christmas.

  • @ramonrodriguez8334
    @ramonrodriguez8334 8 років тому +92

    the suspense to 10:00 was really good had me on the edge of my seat i was like "just fucking say 10:00 already its already 10 seconds from being 10:01"

  • @LordSummerIsle73
    @LordSummerIsle73 5 років тому +20

    “Hey do you have the time on you”
    “Ye sure give me a literal minute”

  • @anasnaanaa7808
    @anasnaanaa7808 4 роки тому +33

    Why is it in my recommendation 8 years later ?

  • @F1rest0rm3r
    @F1rest0rm3r 10 років тому +54

    I would go insane every night with this clock XD

  • @Theatheosis
    @Theatheosis 9 років тому +11

    The sound of the "flashing separator" is oddly satisfying.

    • @sugarrushnascarman1886
      @sugarrushnascarman1886 4 роки тому +1

      We could probably listen to that all night only if I wanted to, but definitely not the whrrrr (number changing) sounds. I would love an 1hr long version of just that

  • @miraj0072004
    @miraj0072004 9 років тому +43

    clock that teaches patience! deep stuff man!

    • @betinagarcia5996
      @betinagarcia5996 7 років тому

      miraj0072004 klgklgklgklgkggkgklgklgklgğğg

    • @betinagarcia5996
      @betinagarcia5996 7 років тому

      gklhklkhklhklhklhklhl?khl?khk?mhk?mh?mkhlk?hhh

  • @chrissmith7669
    @chrissmith7669 Рік тому +15

    Holy smokes that mechanism is stunning!

  • @didvids
    @didvids 10 років тому +95

    it's whisper quiet

    • @mick7909
      @mick7909 5 років тому +1

      Are you sure its on?... Wow, all this time from just one box of lego

  • @tomassalvoaportone7474
    @tomassalvoaportone7474 10 років тому +212

    Next: A lego rubik cube solving itself

    • @eramasoferathis
      @eramasoferathis 10 років тому +3

      SilhouetteBrick
      I don't think you fully understood what he was saying.

    • @MinkiGamerJohn
      @MinkiGamerJohn 10 років тому +5

      SilhouetteBrick he ment a rubicks cube SOLVING ITSELF

    •  10 років тому

      Anton Koffield Igen, mert ilyen ez a Google fordító... :) :)

    • @hercules1177
      @hercules1177 9 років тому

      MinkiGamer John
      Already been done

    • @doctiemoctie9485
      @doctiemoctie9485 6 років тому +1

      MinkiGamer John what the heck is a "rubicks" cube?

  • @f4fphantomii468
    @f4fphantomii468 5 років тому +2

    When the clock change needs a minute and then rechanges

  • @TonyMontana-xj3zv
    @TonyMontana-xj3zv 7 років тому +20

    i could NOT sleep with the sound ! ;D

    • @RussellTeapot
      @RussellTeapot 7 років тому +5

      ZIP - zip - ZIP .- zip -crrr frrrrr

    • @Sparkette
      @Sparkette 7 років тому

      That's why this probably isn't made for a bedroom.

  • @vipulmaddi3716
    @vipulmaddi3716 4 роки тому +4

    Finally a clock that's my speed...

  • @guyinspideysuit7500
    @guyinspideysuit7500 6 років тому +15

    Hey whats the time now?
    Me: Wait, im waiting for my clock.

  • @michaelknoxville4087
    @michaelknoxville4087 5 років тому +2

    We need the livestream version

  • @manutheamazing9270
    @manutheamazing9270 4 роки тому +1

    This is actually sick, I dont even mind that it takes that long

  • @TorutheRedFox
    @TorutheRedFox 8 років тому +88

    Needs to be a little faster.

    • @Pleased_World
      @Pleased_World 8 років тому +8

      Its a clock.

    • @iamrobert505
      @iamrobert505 8 років тому +6

      the algorithm could be done better

    • @ninepointeight7279
      @ninepointeight7279 4 роки тому

      I don't think it's the algorithm, I mean it was done with fricking LEGOs

    • @uKaigo
      @uKaigo 4 роки тому +1

      @@Pleased_World I think he's saying that the rotation need to be faster

    • @AndreyFrol
      @AndreyFrol 4 роки тому

      @@ninepointeight7279 so what? switching occurs at the limit and requires a lot of time. it is desirable to speed up the mechanism or change the algorithm for changing numbers.

  • @timhofstetter5654
    @timhofstetter5654 Рік тому +17

    OK. THAT is WAY cool. :) I've been doing this stuff since the mid-1970s, and I've never seen anything like that before. 8)

  • @gdvortex2169
    @gdvortex2169 Рік тому +7

    I can't believe i stumbled upon this in my recommended page after so, so many years

  • @francescolafrazia207
    @francescolafrazia207 4 роки тому +1

    "Is It possibile to learn this Power?" "NOT FROM A PLAYMOBIL"

  • @ibgeorgeb
    @ibgeorgeb Рік тому +5

    This is amazing. Bravo!

  • @OopsieGoopsie
    @OopsieGoopsie 8 років тому +57

    who thought it was 9:58 to 9:55?

    • @awesomness6775
      @awesomness6775 4 роки тому

      at 0:14, it looks like it is 9:55, but not exactly (the middle square is missing)

  • @jackontheboxjegej9653
    @jackontheboxjegej9653 5 років тому +1

    Ok it maybe isn't the fastest but let's just appreciate that this guy built a working clock out of Legos

  • @AntonsMindstorms
    @AntonsMindstorms 10 років тому

    Brilliant lego windstorms execution of the clock!

  • @unlimitedinformation09
    @unlimitedinformation09 4 роки тому +197

    Who randomly also found this in their recommendations?👀

  • @thebottlewithoutalix2806
    @thebottlewithoutalix2806 6 років тому +4

    Great machine, I really like the idea!

  • @congcuthanh5400
    @congcuthanh5400 6 років тому

    You and your ideas are amazing

  • @spawnofsatan117
    @spawnofsatan117 4 роки тому +2

    Imagine trying to sleep with this in your room.

  • @masterdriveroftoyotazupr4164
    @masterdriveroftoyotazupr4164 7 років тому +6

    friend-" hey whats the time"
    Me-" wait bro, just wait...."
    Friend-"forget it.."
    me-"10!!!!!"

  • @promix49
    @promix49 Рік тому +3

    I fell in love with that colon 💘

  • @Kenji_195
    @Kenji_195 4 роки тому +1

    That second counter sound is so cuuuute XD

  • @stormfloofer9726
    @stormfloofer9726 4 роки тому +2

    8 years later this pops up in my notification.

  • @MrZombieUK
    @MrZombieUK 7 років тому +12

    great idea but if you catch it mid change it's suddenly F&:2Z o'clock

  • @aidel6749
    @aidel6749 8 років тому +8

    My mind was blown at 0:01

  • @danilsuro7227
    @danilsuro7227 11 років тому

    absolutely brilliant design.

  • @bang1338
    @bang1338 5 років тому +1

    - Hey, what time is this?
    - IS LEGO TIME

  • @LobotomyFromGeometry
    @LobotomyFromGeometry Рік тому +3

    This is so amazing
    Recognize it's was 11 years ago

  • @JonFawkes
    @JonFawkes 11 років тому +2

    "What time is it?"
    "I don't know my clock hasn't finished turning yet"

  • @Edgar7750
    @Edgar7750 10 років тому

    It doesn't matter that it is slow because it is wonderful and it shows creativity!

  • @sanghoonlee5171
    @sanghoonlee5171 4 роки тому

    Nerds and engineers of the world... I salute you. You are the reason we enjoy the 21st century.

  • @djbare9
    @djbare9 9 років тому +12

    Nice build, hope you managed a faster gear ratio eventually.

  • @grellsutcliffe7637
    @grellsutcliffe7637 8 років тому +26

    As a person who started doing stuff with Lego Mindstorms just today at school and is proud for making a robot that rides in infinite eight pattern on the floor, I must say:
    I NEED THIS SHIT IN MY ROOM
    THIS CLOCK
    I FAN SO MUCH
    PLEASE
    I NEED THIS CLOCK THIS IS LITERALLY MY DREAM NOW
    Srsly, this is amazing

    • @Brandonator365
      @Brandonator365 8 років тому +2

      +Grell Sutcliffe Good luck sleeping through it.

    • @oceanusprocellarum6853
      @oceanusprocellarum6853 7 років тому +1

      You sure about that?
      Sitting in your room endlessly listening to that perpetual squeak... squeak... squeak...

    • @acasualescapedscp4418
      @acasualescapedscp4418 7 років тому +1

      Brandon Clifton I would pass out like a light. Call me weird, but I would love listening to that at night.

    • @youssefsaleh5882
      @youssefsaleh5882 6 років тому

      me too!!!!!!!

    • @youssefsaleh5882
      @youssefsaleh5882 6 років тому

      I need this digital clock!!!!! yay!!!!!

  • @axedry1991
    @axedry1991 10 років тому +2

    Just do a countdown for 2014 with this LEGO machine! well done!

  • @d4nc1n9f00L
    @d4nc1n9f00L 10 років тому

    This clock is absolutely amazing!!! :D

  • @iNahtanoJ
    @iNahtanoJ 9 років тому +74

    I mean it's cool but I'd be more impressed if was more efficient.

    • @monochromatic2987
      @monochromatic2987 9 років тому +9

      Yah me too cuz it probably takes the whole minute to set up the next number

    • @GruseligerZigeuner
      @GruseligerZigeuner 9 років тому +1

      dito

    • @Loekamber
      @Loekamber 9 років тому +4

      Project Zer0 ~40 seconds to reset the entire thing (al 4 numbers changed), also it looks cool and uses only 5 motors, one of which you can remove. One motor to compute a digit going from 0 to 9? Worth the wait.

  • @funnyplayz4453
    @funnyplayz4453 5 років тому +4

    The twisting is a bit slow

  • @nates6157
    @nates6157 8 років тому

    That's really awesome! It needs to have flaps, 4 vertical and 3 herizonal that makes up the "8"s. It have 7 motors, or electromagnets for each digit that turns the flap from the dark or light sides.

  • @atatemurdynamics7585
    @atatemurdynamics7585 5 років тому

    amazing design

  • @bradzamora4424
    @bradzamora4424 9 років тому +5

    But is it really effective for telling time? Like, the amount of time it takes for the numbers to change, half the minute has elapsed. Cool idea though! :D

  • @Mr-eh8rq
    @Mr-eh8rq 6 років тому +6

    時間見ようと思ったら動いてる的なことあるだろ

  • @DieCoOpis
    @DieCoOpis 10 років тому

    A very new andf interesting design for a digital watch. Great Idea and nice work.

  • @Lukree
    @Lukree 10 років тому

    Oh man, this is lovely!

  • @azgor6089
    @azgor6089 7 років тому +16

    The moment it finally says 09:59 and its already 10:00...

  • @prestonthurman7514
    @prestonthurman7514 10 років тому +9

    Next thing you know it its gonna take ten minutes for the clock to change its self

  • @IIISentorIII
    @IIISentorIII 4 роки тому +2

    finally i don't have to set a alarm clock to wake up anymore :D

  • @marklaurence8504
    @marklaurence8504 Рік тому

    I agree and amazing creation, quite excellent

  • @mindysmith7126
    @mindysmith7126 2 роки тому +6

    1:28 What time is it?
    70:00

  • @pavoltomcik3299
    @pavoltomcik3299 7 років тому +6

    building and programing tutorial plz

  • @epicmarshmallow2715
    @epicmarshmallow2715 8 років тому

    amazing and pure genius

  • @jetison333
    @jetison333 10 років тому

    I could watch one of these all day...

    • @Minty1337
      @Minty1337 10 років тому

      you would know it has been a day even!

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 10 років тому

      i know but i don't want to wacht the same clip over and over again……. id rather just build on!

  • @_who_cares_1123
    @_who_cares_1123 7 років тому +7

    How can you sleep at night?

    • @jinkim96
      @jinkim96 7 років тому +4

      404 sleep is for the weak

  • @MozezVanHelgen
    @MozezVanHelgen 10 років тому +4

    when the time turns to 10:00 it's almost 10:01 :D
    but anyway - i hink that's pretty cool :)

    • @TheRiverwolford
      @TheRiverwolford 10 років тому +1

      it was 10:00:44 so yeah, almost... but as long as each rotation takes less than a minute, it is a perfectly functional clock.

    • @MozezVanHelgen
      @MozezVanHelgen 10 років тому

      true

  • @TheGamedawg
    @TheGamedawg 8 років тому

    This is really cool!

  • @kevinalexander92
    @kevinalexander92 6 років тому

    Ahh this is so fantastic!

  • @vtwinbreed
    @vtwinbreed 8 років тому +20

    Cool, but very annoying.

  • @benengland2952
    @benengland2952 9 років тому +6

    FARRRRRKKK imagine sleeping next to that shit! hahah

  • @moramento22
    @moramento22 5 років тому

    THIS IS *BRILLIANT*

  • @FifaTrainer
    @FifaTrainer 9 років тому +1

    Lego's always save the day!

  • @icaro25sp
    @icaro25sp 9 років тому +3

    Lose time waiting for change

  • @robinsonrossi4051
    @robinsonrossi4051 10 років тому +4

    OMG !!!!

    • @capple20
      @capple20 10 років тому

      Non mais ça stresse !!

    • @CaptainAcner
      @CaptainAcner 10 років тому

      T'est pas très actif sur ton google + toi...

    • @robinsonrossi4051
      @robinsonrossi4051 10 років тому

      Cap'tain Acné Et pk ?

    • @CaptainAcner
      @CaptainAcner 10 років тому

      Tu me parle jamais et du coup ça me rend triste

  • @phoenixy2835
    @phoenixy2835 5 років тому +2

    If this clock showed the seconds too you’d never know them

  • @peabase
    @peabase 10 років тому

    Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @TimofeyS
    @TimofeyS 9 років тому +6

    Здорово, но когда идёт смена с одного часа на другой - время не ясно

    • @rejiix
      @rejiix 6 років тому

      Understood.... Nope

  • @GabrielTheViking
    @GabrielTheViking 9 років тому +3

    only problem is there is a 40 second windov where there is no time at all

  • @motex_gaming_1667
    @motex_gaming_1667 6 років тому

    this could take all night

  • @SbrickOfficial
    @SbrickOfficial 5 років тому

    This is amazing.

  • @MsZsc
    @MsZsc 10 років тому +5

    why can't u make it faster

  • @1336kingsville
    @1336kingsville 9 років тому +11

    can someone say WD40

  • @MarcusWoodOfficialVideos
    @MarcusWoodOfficialVideos 10 років тому

    this is beautiful

  • @myriamhrybynyk
    @myriamhrybynyk 6 років тому

    Amazing!!!! I love it.

  • @ytk7591
    @ytk7591 6 років тому +4

    日本人いるかなー(°▽°)

    • @-senno7463
      @-senno7463 6 років тому +2

      Y Tk
      私は、あなたと同じの日本人です。この返信は日本人によるです。

    • @speed4621
      @speed4621 6 років тому

      tto to 絶対おかしいやんw

    • @user-vx3ec6nd4o
      @user-vx3ec6nd4o 5 років тому

      tto to 絶対日本人やないやろw

  • @spidarmanhaloween6225
    @spidarmanhaloween6225 9 років тому

    *Stays up all night listening to TICK, TOCK, TICK, TOCK*

  •  4 роки тому

    Its amazing bro!

  • @Muttlydog45
    @Muttlydog45 11 років тому

    That is so cool.... It's so fascinating to watch you sure could loose a lot of time just watching it "Brilliant"

  • @ihatemychannelname
    @ihatemychannelname 4 роки тому

    It took nearly 9 years for this to be recommended

  • @BobFish
    @BobFish 10 років тому +1

    Good job that is amazing!

  • @Baldmaxx
    @Baldmaxx 11 років тому

    Awesome job!

  • @thapleyer8387
    @thapleyer8387 4 роки тому +2

    me: what time is it?
    clock @ 1:16: well...