Go from base 10 to base 2 for example, and a binary flip digit display can be made from flip dot display parts. [Marcin Saj] has done just that, resulting in a timepiece that’s a few bits out of ...

The binary system is known as a ‘base 2’ system. This is because: there are only two digits to select from (1 and 0) when using the binary system, data is converted using the power of two.