From candles that drop metal pins every hour to the knocker uppers of industrial Britain, people throughout history devised plenty of cunning ways to ensure a timely wake-up. During Britain's ...

Candle clocks were once an easy way to build a clock without using complex mechanical devices: just observe how quickly a thin candle burns down, mark an identical candle with periodic gradations, and ...

Candle clocks were once an easy way to build a clock without using complex mechanical devices: just observe how quickly a thin candle burns down, mark an identical candle with periodic gradations, and ...

You know what holds a close second to digital in our hearts here at Engadget? Faux digital. An entry into the MACEF RE-think + RE-cycle Design Competition, Jim Termeer's Candletime is a set of ...