April 5th, 2005
OnTime PoE (Power Over Ethernet) Clock
New Technology Alert: Forget about 802.11b and g and even n, the real action is with IEEE 802.3af, the standard for supplying power via Ethernet. That means no electrical cords when you set your alarm clock and no more forgetting daylight savings time (d’oh) like I did just the other day.
$195 strikes me as pretty pricey for a low-frills clock, but if you have to connect everything to the Internet, this may still be right up your alley.
The OnTime clock is highly accurate, and gets its time updates automatically over the network. It requires no specialized software – control one or hundreds of clocks from any PC on the network with a simple telnet session. The OnTime clock will find an existing Simple Network Time Protocol server on your network, or you can set up a new one.” Source: Inova Display Systems via Gizmodo
Kevin says:
I bought a tall digit alarm clock (I need tall digits as I don’t see well at night without my glasses) that syncs to the Atomic Clock in Colorado at Wal-Mart for $25. It also resets it self for daylight savings time and has alarms for all 7 days, the 5 week days or the 2 weekend days.
April 7th, 2005 at 12:29 pm