Cloud services may often be the simplest way to store and transport files nowadays, but there’s something to be said for good old-fashioned ... customizable clock for your desk or nightstand.

The Arduino is fast enough to support the ISA bus speed, but the card also needs the PC’s clock line to operate, and it only supports three modes: 80 x 25, 16 colour text, 320 x 200 ...

Vulcain has created a desk ... Desk Clock ($1,300). Guillaume Laidet, a French consultant working for Vulcain’s owners, the investment group Promobe in Luxembourg, said he saw an old photograph ...