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I have never been a fan of the game Domino’s, but the rectangular numbered tiles have been an icon in European countries for ages.

However, I am a fan of Carbon’s Domino Clock, three larger-than-life dominoes are equipped with articulating “dots” that flip back-and-forth between black and white to keep time.

The sculptured pieces would look good on any wall, even if they didn’t have the ability to tell time.

They hang on the wall or stand free, communicating wirelessly as they silently mark the passing hours and minutes.

While the aesthetic of the piece was defined in advance, the team solved a number of inticate engineering challenges, including developing a custom actuator to turn the dots from black to white in a pleasing, quiet fashion, while embedding low-cost wireless technology.