Comments on: Clock sculpture with more than 150 analog hands spells out the name of the hour http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 08:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tgg161 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170534 Tgg161 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170534 Here's <a href="http://www.christiaanpostma.nl/clock_3.htm">an animation of it cycling through the hours</a>. This clock is a wonderful thing! Here’s an animation of it cycling through the hours.

This clock is a wonderful thing!

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-172367 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-172367 Well, Christiaan Postma just wrote back. There's wil be no flash version! :( The good news, however, is that he's looking into producing full-sized versions of the ³clock², to sell. I look forward.. Well, Christiaan Postma just wrote back.

There’s wil be no flash version! :(

The good news, however, is that he’s looking into producing full-sized versions of the ³clock², to sell.

I look forward..

]]> By: shutz http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170580 shutz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170580 Someone needs to make a Flash version of this! Someone needs to make a Flash version of this!

]]> By: gth617 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170593 gth617 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170593 Brilliant! Brilliant!

]]> By: worsted http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170849 worsted Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170849 oh wow wonderful! oh wow wonderful!

]]> By: ablestmage http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-171371 ablestmage Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171371 @13, much less change out all the batteries. Daylight savings would be a nightmare. @13, much less change out all the batteries. Daylight savings would be a nightmare.

]]> By: Lexica http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170605 Lexica Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170605 Wow - wonderful! Wow – wonderful!

]]> By: drivenbyboredom http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170617 drivenbyboredom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170617 that could be the most amazing thing i have ever seen. that could be the most amazing thing i have ever seen.

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170618 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170618 Agreed, this is fantastic! What a clever use of mundane technology to produce something amazing. There is a flash version (sped up) on the website <a href="http://www.christiaanpostma.nl/clock_3.htm">here</a>, maybe if we asked nicely, they'd make a realtime version for the rest of us :) Agreed, this is fantastic!

What a clever use of mundane technology to produce something amazing.

There is a flash version (sped up) on the website here, maybe if we asked nicely, they’d make a realtime version for the rest of us :)

]]> By: gruppler http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170621 gruppler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170621 There is a flash version... http://www.christiaanpostma.nl/clock_3.htm By the way, it's all hour hands, no minute hands. There is a flash version…
http://www.christiaanpostma.nl/clock_3.htm

By the way, it’s all hour hands, no minute hands.

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170633 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170633 I just wrote to the artist, to see if a real-time Flash version is possible.. fingers crossed! This would be a great widget :) I just wrote to the artist, to see if a real-time Flash version is possible.. fingers crossed!

This would be a great widget :)

]]> By: whitcwa http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-171409 whitcwa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171409 If they use AC synchronous motors, they will stay in sync. If they are quartz crystal DC powered clocks I imagine they share one power supply to avoid having to change batteries. Either way, DST changes require only unplugging the power supply for one hour or 23 hours. I used to have to sync dozens of clocks twice a year at 2AM in a TV station. Now we use timecode. If they use AC synchronous motors, they will stay in sync. If they are quartz crystal DC powered clocks I imagine they share one power supply to avoid having to change batteries. Either way, DST changes require only unplugging the power supply for one hour or 23 hours. I used to have to sync dozens of clocks twice a year at 2AM in a TV station. Now we use timecode.

]]> By: Cunning http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170911 Cunning Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170911 What a wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime idea.Do any of the clocks contribute to the formation of more than one letter at different times? I wonder how few clocks you could get away with if you wrote the words in a crossword-like matrix. Sounds like a geek challenge to me. What a wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime idea.Do any of the clocks contribute to the formation of more than one letter at different times? I wonder how few clocks you could get away with if you wrote the words in a crossword-like matrix. Sounds like a geek challenge to me.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170656 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170656 Zowie!! Completely amazing. The artist said he used 150 individual clockworks. Won't all the clocks run at slightly (very slightly) different rates, and eventually cause all the hands to go out of synch.? I wonder how it's adjusted and if it's a huge hassle. Zowie!! Completely amazing. The artist said he used 150 individual clockworks. Won’t all the clocks run at slightly (very slightly) different rates, and eventually cause all the hands to go out of synch.? I wonder how it’s adjusted and if it’s a huge hassle.

]]> By: Teej http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170926 Teej Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170926 The complexity of such a thing with minute hands? I can't even imagine... The complexity of such a thing with minute hands? I can’t even imagine…

]]> By: Frank_in_Virginia http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170943 Frank_in_Virginia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170943 Beautiful - Wonderful - Amazing Beautiful – Wonderful – Amazing

]]> By: Ben http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170690 Ben Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170690 That is so cool. Agreed. That is so cool. Agreed.

]]> By: Haldor http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170692 Haldor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170692 I like that. Very creative. If you run it backwards will we see secret backtracked messages? I like that. Very creative.

If you run it backwards will we see secret backtracked messages?

]]> By: gATO http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170701 gATO Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170701 Haldor, you beat me to it. I also checked for unintended naughty words, but, alas, none appeared so far. Haldor, you beat me to it. I also checked for unintended naughty words, but, alas, none appeared so far.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170703 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170703 This is a great looking clock. Not to precipitate on the procession, but with 150 separate clockworks, how do you set this thing? It seems like you'd have to get all of the mechanisms running at once, and in real time adjust the appropriate set of hands spelling out that hour every 60 minutes. That wouldn't be difficult, but it would take 12 hours to set the time. This is a great looking clock. Not to precipitate on the procession, but with 150 separate clockworks, how do you set this thing? It seems like you’d have to get all of the mechanisms running at once, and in real time adjust the appropriate set of hands spelling out that hour every 60 minutes. That wouldn’t be difficult, but it would take 12 hours to set the time.

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/clock-sculpture-with.html#comment-170704 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-170704 #9 If that is the case, presumably u just have to go to the clock once an hour, exactly on the hour, and set each hand to remake the pertinent word. Still a hassle but not 150 separate clocks hassle :) #9

If that is the case, presumably u just have to go to the clock once an hour, exactly on the hour, and set each hand to remake the pertinent word. Still a hassle but not 150 separate clocks hassle :)

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