Encoder Rings Have That Inspector Gadget Look

The origins of the Encoder Ring started out as an investigation to see how to store confidential digital information away from prying eyes, the results of which were the rings. The surface of the Encoder Rings are covered by a series of notches and depressions which actually represent letters in binary code. The user can select a 64 character message, have it converted to binary and etched onto the ring using a process known as rapid proto-typing.

With a limitation of only 64 characters, is this useful? Not sure. Geeky, most definitely.

[Encoder Ring via Make]

Tagged as: encoder ring, gadgets, proto-typing