In the New Zealand Herald this morning:

Which is based on the clock I helped develop:

For those interested there are actually four sections to the clock: days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Each of these sections consist of a series of digits, the quantity being dictated by the value being shown. So seconds requires eight digits, while hours only needs four.

Each digit is made up of twelve monstaVision modules in a three by four configuration. While the clock is only displaying red digits; the modules themselves are actually capable of full colour, full motion video, and outputting over 5000 cd/m² of light. These are the exact same modules that you see in giant LED screens.

Behind the scenes we have a single Linux box with a dedicated connection to the Internet. This box runs our video server software and renders characters with a true type font, using the freetype library. We use the Internet connection for remote monitoring and synchronizing to an atomic clock daily.