Todd Bailey, 27, a resident of the alternative space known as Camp Gay, designs electronics for toys by day. On his own time he’s invented a binary wristwatch called Concept = Bling.
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Binary is typically represented by ones and zeros, but it’s really just a numbering system based on twos. Instead of one and zero, a person could represent binary with any set of opposites: on or off, true or false, up or down, etc. This watch displays hours, minutes, and seconds as rows of binary numbers–in this case the on/off pattern of the lights in a row add together to indicate the time.
It’s a mission statement about what’s valuable, really. In electronics, you have to start with an idea, something you’ve never seen before, that you’re willing to spend a lot of time and trouble bringing into the world.
Does seeing something mean you understand it?
