Scratchitti - Rune Clock - Alternatives to Nixie Tubes with neat results

I would have loved at some point in my life to create a nice Nixie Tube clock or timer. But from what I understand the cost of these tubes has gone thru the roof.

With this in mind I was fascinated at the attempt Theodore Johnson made on creating custom edge lit digits. The results are very promising. Seeing as it's possible to create custom digits variations are possible.

One of those 'variations' is the Rune Clock he created. Maybe not the most practical clock - but a nice project all the same.

Take a look at this and some of his other good clock projects:

http://users.rcn.com/ted.johnson/