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In the mid 1960s, Sony introduced the first Dream Machine. The basic idea was to use a radio program to wake up users more pleasantly, as many people found the loud mechanical alarm made by traditional alarm clocks disturbing. The use of direct-read digital display as opposed to a traditional clock dial gave the design a modernistic feel, which ...
Radio clock. A modern LF radio-controlled clock. A radio clock or radio-controlled clock (RCC), and often colloquially (and incorrectly [1]) referred to as an "atomic clock", is a type of quartz clock or watch that is automatically synchronized to a time code transmitted by a radio transmitter connected to a time standard such as an atomic clock.
When the TR-55 was released in Japan in August 1955, it was the first transistor radio marketed in that country. The TR-55 featured the Sony name, but the company did not officially change its name to Sony until January 1958. [3] In the autumn of 1955, Morita met with a representative of the Bulova watch company in New York City. Bulova agreed ...
Flip clock. A flip clock (also known as a "flap clock") is an electromechanical, digital time keeping device with the time indicated by numbers that are sequentially revealed by a split-flap display. The study, collection and repair of flip clocks is termed horopalettology (from horology - the study and measurement of time and palette - and the ...
Basic digital alarm clock without a radio. The mark in the top-left of the display indicates that the time is 4:00pm (16:00), not 4:00am. A 1969 radio alarm clock (Sony Digimatic 8FC-59W) with an early mechanical-digital display. A digital clock displays the time digitally (i.e. in numerals or other symbols), as opposed to an analogue clock.
Telechron was an American company that manufactured electric clocks between 1912 and 1992. "Telechron" is derived from the Greek words tele, meaning "far off," and chronos, "time," thus referring to the transmission of time over long distances. Founded by Henry Ellis Warren, Telechron introduced the synchronous electric clock, which keeps time ...
Playback controls on a CD player. Control symbols on a Sony Betamax Portable.. In digital electronics, analogue electronics and entertainment, the user interface may include media controls, transport controls or player controls, to enact and change or adjust the process of video playback, audio playback, and alike.
A mid-1940s alarm clock radio with AM radio stations only A typical 1980s clock radio featuring a digital clock/alarm and an analogue FM/MW/LW receiver. A clock radio is an alarm clock and radio receiver integrated in one device. [18] The clock may turn on the radio at a designated time to wake the user, and usually includes a buzzer alarm.