There is no shortage of things that can tell us the time. Watches, smart watches, smart phones, dumb phones, alarm clocks, wall clocks, laptops, desktops, microwaves, ovens, coffee makers — these are ...

Slated to go on sale this fall for $50, the Smart Clock Essential is—essentially?—Lenovo’s take on Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo Dot with Clock, although the Smart Clock Essential’s four-inch LED ...

To add our USB power port, we'll steal some DC voltage from the clock. We are going to run power through a LM 7805 voltage regulator to take it down to 5 volts. Adding a 220uF capacitor between the ...

Here is another combo USB gadget, the USB Hub Alarm Clock. This fun USB combo gadget features four USB 2.0 ports, and a built-in clock with an alarm function, which can display the time and date. This ...

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We have seen quite a few combo USB gadgets here on geeky gadgets. Some are useful, some aren’t, but this one falls into the useful category: the USB Hub and World Travel Clock. The USB Hub and World ...

As darker mornings and evenings settle in, this cordless desk lamp offers flexible lighting with clever extras in an ...