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Re:Corpus Clock by fanf2 on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @01:18PM (#27371359)

Here’s a bit of clock-related JS animation I did many years ago, which helps to explain how the LED hands work on the Corpus chronophage clock:

https://dotat.at/random/clock.html

more words on my blog:

https://fanf.dreamwidth.org/93037.html

I also wrote some notes on a talk given by John Taylor on how he made the Corpus clock

https://fanf.dreamwidth.org/96948.html

The Wikipedia page asserts that the clock is purely mechanical, without any computer programming, but I believe (based on what Taylor said in his talk) that the clock has a computerized regulator which makes it tick erratically, and keeps it synced to the MSF radio time signal. But Taylor is very cagy about it, saying he prefers the clock’s weirdness to be mysterious.

(if you have an electric kettle, it’s very likely the element / switch / thermostat were made by Strix, John Taylor’s company)

of course the video link in my blog post 12.5 years ago is now broken but it might well have been the same as this video blurb from John Taylor on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHO1JTNPPOU

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Re:Corpus Clock by abecedarius on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @01:39PM (#27371662)

It's a bit surprising that this was invented so recently, when the basic idea of the dial ought to work mechanically. (When I had that idea I searched for "vernier clock" and that was how I first heard of this one.)

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