Ferrolic is a desk clock that you will stare at for hours. It does not display time digitally, nor analogically, but with the help of a magnetic fluid (ferrofluid), which is constantly in motion and resembles the never-ending images from the Rorschach test. If your desk or wall clocks have received only cursory, informative glances until now, the Ferrolic clock will be different. You will be able to stare at it for hours, as if you were watching an artist at work.
Ferrolic it is desk clock which will have you staring at it for hours due to its unique time display. The clock shows the time with the help of a magnetic fluid, which moves gracefully throughout, and every minute is unique a an ephemeral work of art. He signed under the interesting desk clock Zelf Koelman from the Netherlands University of Technology Eindhoven.
At first glance, Ferrolic is just minimalist object made of aluminum frame and glass panel, but behind the simple facade is the aforementioned magnetic fluid- ferrofluid was invented in 1963 by a NASA engineer Steve Papell and was originally intended as rocket fuel for weightless space, but today it is still useful in medicine and mechanical engineering and apparently also as an art installation- and powerful a set of electromagnets, who manipulate the liquid and form numbers from it. The software can be customized to the extent that Ferrolic prints text and draws shapes.
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Unfortunately, they will only be produced 24 specimens Ferrolic table clocks, and buyers will have to be prepared to shell out for this unique way of displaying time 7500 euros. However, Koelman hinted that he might start in the future Kickstarter campaign, which would raise the number of examples produced and lower the price. Fingers crossed, until then lose yourself in the magic of the watch via video.
More information:
zelfkoelman.com
