Many of us will never make a traditional clock. But that need not stop us finding ... and if brass is a bit much, how about wood?

Two rows of 112 tightly packed LEDs make ... of wood would have been difficult as finding long enough end mills that could carve out the interior is tricky. We think the resulting clock looks ...

Juan Noguera, an industrial design professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, stands in the university's design shop.