Monday, December 21, 2009

Mean Time Machine - The Corpus Clock & Chronophage

Invented and designed by Dr John Taylor for Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, this amazing clock cost £1 million to build. It was unveiled by Professor Stephen Hawkings and takes pride of place on the exterior of the college's new library building.

It uses the 'grasshopper' escapement, but instead of a grasshopper it features a Chronophage, a mean looking time eating creature that devours 60 seconds every minute. The clock's face is made from 1.5 metre stainless steel disk plated in 24 carat gold. There are no hands on this clock, the time is displayed by light shining through openings in three concrenttic rings in the clock face that display the hours, minutes and seconds.

If you are visiting Cambridge then seeing this clock is a must! For more information, visit the Corpus Clock Website or the entry on Wikipedia.


Saturday, November 07, 2009

The Matrix Runs on Windows

The new and improved Windows 7 has now been unleashed on us, so we wondered what the Matrix would be like if it ran on Windows. Well, it turns out we were not the only ones to ponder that very question - the guys and girls over college humour have put together a fantasic spoof of the Matrix running on Windows.