Zeitgeist - the talking Timemachine
The ZeitGeist is a magnificent “Time Machine” of great usefulness for blind and visually
impaired people. It has an amazing number of time related
features, that capture the spirit of our age and lead us through modern life. It
fits into any pocket or can be carried around ones neck.
It offers a calendar that reaches one century into the past and future and tells the current day of the week, date, calendar week, passed and remaining days of the year, as well as the current zodiac . It adjusts the leap-years automatically
. It tells the current moon phase and offers suggestions related to itIt offers a stop-watch of up to 24 hours, a count-down timer that extends up to 7 days, an egg-timer of up to 60 minutes, it makes wake-up calls with its alarm function and provides a Cuckoo-clock adjustable to any period of time during the day
. It reminds of forthcoming one-time dates as well as of regularly occuring datesIt calculates the age in years, months, days, minutes and seconds of a person, animal, plant or given object . It calculates the day of the week of public or private dates and many more
TECHNICAL DETAILS: Speechoutput available in more than 20 languages; loudspeaker (3 volume levels), earplug; power supply: 2 x 1.5V AAA batteries; dimensions: 115 x 30 x 15 mm; weight: 65 grams; lanyard for carrying around the neck
Note: The Time Machine is about the width and thickness of a package of gum, but slightly longer.Updated on ... December 10, 2006