What happens to your old dead hard drive after you’re done with it? Some destroy it to protect sensitive data. Some people just throw theirs away. Then there’s Ben Bedell, an artist with a techie flair who repurposes hard drives as clocks.
I found these hard drive desk clocks for sale at the First Friday Art Walk in Phoenix and they can also be bought online at TimeRecycled.com. Though I haven’t yet bought one, they look even better in person and appear well made.
Computer Art Timepieces
Here’s a little more information from the site:
These are hand-crafted timepieces created from recycled hard drives out of personal computers. Each hard drive is disassembled, painted, and fitted with a timepiece and custom stand. Each unique stand is cut out of recycled motherboards, modems, video cards, and other various electronic components. No two clocks are the same!
Clock hands and hard drive components can be painted in a variety of colors:
- Black, White, Gray, Dark Blue, Blue, Dark Red, Copper
- Red, Orange, Neon Orange, Yellow, Neon Yellow
- Purple, Pink, Dark Green, Green, Neon Green, Teal
- Custom Color Combinations are availableEach clock comes with a “AA” battery so your clock will be ready to keep time.
The clocks run $30 to $40 and cost $10 to ship. That’s not bad for these geeky conversation pieces, but I emailed Ben and he was cool enough to provide a 10% discount to all my readers! Mention JoeTech.com at the time of purchase and he’ll knock 10% off the clock price. Throw one on your desk at the office and let me know what you think.
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on June 9th, 2010 at 8:28 am
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on June 9th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Oh that is just so cool, I want one! Do you think they could ship one out to the UK ;)
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on June 9th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Karen: I bet they would, but you’ll have to ask. I think Ben’s email is on the site.
on June 9th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Karen,
I ship worldwide. Shipping to London (don’t know your city) is $29.00USD. Thank you for your interest!
on June 9th, 2010 at 10:54 am
@Ben Brilliant, I know I can get one for a Christmas present ;)
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on June 10th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
now that is one brilliant use of old machine parts…thumbs up to you!
on June 11th, 2010 at 9:26 am
Karen: You’re buying me one? Awesome! LOL… I think my wife is actually thinking about buying one, too.
Teh Vader: Thanks for the comment. Nice site. I’m tweeting that geek wallpaper post now.
on June 13th, 2010 at 4:34 am
wow. Nice thing to do with the old hard disk..
on June 18th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
[...] 4. Turning Old Hard Drives Into New Clocks What happens to your old dead hard drive after you’re done with it? Some destroy it to protect sensitive data while others throw theirs away. Then there’s Ben Bedell, an artist with a techie flair who turns hard drives into clocks. [...]
on July 12th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
It certainly looks cool without a doubt, and some of their other clocks featured on the website are even more impressive! I am guessing that the chip on the left side that has 2 telephone lines to it is the chip that controls the new clock device?
Till then,
Jean
on July 13th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Thanks for the comments. I just posted some new pictures on my facebook and etsy account, both accessible through TimeRecycled.com
Jean
The clock unit is on the back of the hard drive. I use modems, motherboards and video cards as the stands on the side.
Ben
on July 13th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Thanks for the update, Ben. I’ll have to go check those out when I find a few minutes.
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