The Strangest Clock in the World

[ROBsS4R]

Jump to the Link for the Video.

http://gizmodo.com/5052408/corpus-clock-the-strangest-clock-in-the-world-unveiled-by-stephen-hawking

[Bun-bun]

Cool!
That is one evil looking "grasshopper"!

[ROBsS4R]

I thought the forum might appreciate the work since there is some Mad mechanical skills that went into making that clock.

[Randimus Maximus]

the weird grasshopper was freaking me out.

[Howie]

Fantastic art

[Grampa]

very very cool

[Scottish]

+1 and +1 and +1. Really a fresh take on an old themes. Cool beans!

[Rameses]

That is absolutely awesome!!

I NEED one!

[roy-nexus-6]

Jump to the Link for the Video.

http://gizmodo.com/5052408/corpus-clock-the-strangest-clock-in-the-world-unveiled-by-stephen-hawking

This is cool... but I prefer the 10 000 year clock.

"The idea to build a monument scale, multi-millennial, all mechanical clock as an icon to long term thinking came from computer scientist Danny Hillis and was published in the form of an email to friends. Later it was followed up with an essay published in the 01995 Wired magazine scenarios isssue (shown below). Danny reasoned that by actually building a remote monument, the discussions around long term thinking would be far more focused, and it would lend itself to good storytelling and myth. Two key requirements of anything lasting a long time."
http://www.longnow.org/projects/clock/

[ROBsS4R]

This is cool... but I prefer the 10 000 year clock.

"The idea to build a monument scale, multi-millennial, all mechanical clock as an icon to long term thinking came from computer scientist Danny Hillis and was published in the form of an email to friends. Later it was followed up with an essay published in the 01995 Wired magazine scenarios isssue (shown below). Danny reasoned that by actually building a remote monument, the discussions around long term thinking would be far more focused, and it would lend itself to good storytelling and myth. Two key requirements of anything lasting a long time."
http://www.longnow.org/projects/clock/

I saw the minature prototype of this at the Maker fair in SF

[OwnyTony]

Very nice.  For function, I wish the second, minute, and hour "hands" were different colored LEDs.  Makes distinguishing the minute and hour hands much easier.

[Wanwo]

There's a very similar electronic one outside a shopping center here in Tokyo, minus the grasshopper and that annoying clacking. Pretty to look at but not so easy to tell the time.

[Mother]

. . . Oh, CLOCK

makes more sense now

[Pakhan]

Does it come in wrist watch?

[lauramonster]

Instead of a grasshopper, it should be a monster, and when the bike goes forward, the rider's knee should come out like he's leaning round a turn!!

It is a great looking clock.  different colors would definitely help you read it with a quick glance.  let's see, ducati red, and what are the 2 other colors?