Among the many items from the Harry Potter world that should exist in real life, the Weasley family clock, which tracks the whereabouts of each family member, has always been a fan favorite. Imitators have created clocks that bear a resemblance, yet fail to capture the true glory of the clock. Finally, however, a muggle has harnessed modern technology (using phone data, according to Nerd Approved) to create a working version of the slightly creepy clock.
Trey Bagley, a college senior, spoke with BuzzFeed about his creation and uploaded a photo album of the entire process to Imgur. The first step involved gutting a clock and designing the reconfigured version.
The potential whereabouts of this Weasley (Bagley?) clock are: Work, Holiday, Home, Forest, On The Way, and Mortal Peril.
The locations are defined by the family members' phones, which send an alert when they enter or leave a specific area, and other data.
For Bagley, Work is the university library, Holiday is "if the forecast calls for snow," and Mortal Peril is "if the stock of the company I'll be working for next year drops too low."
Bagley, a computer science major, shared the code he used for the clock on Git Hub.
Lights are triggered to signal the location of each family member on the clock display.
Sadly, there's less movement than in the fictional Weasley clock.
But Bagley's creation is much cooler than the clocks most families have around (that is, assuming people still even have clocks).