clock counts down to the end of the world
March 20th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
When I came across the Life Clock a few days back, I thought that the idea of a clock that gradually ticked away the years of your life was a wee bit morbid. Here’s another timepiece that’ll have you thinking even more happy thoughts.

Artist Gianni Motti’s Big Crunch clock is gradually counting down the approximately five billion years we have left until the sun blows up. The 20 digit LED display (pictured) began counting down back in 2005, so the way I figure it, we have somewhere around 4,999,999,991 years to go. Ironically, the clock runs on solar energy, so the same power source that gives it life will ultimately be its demise.
On the plus side, the entire clock will surely fail and disintegrate billions of years before it’s blown to smithereens by exploding solar gases. Now doesn’t that make you feel better?
[via VVORK]
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March 20th, 2008 comments (1): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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世界の終わりをカウントダウンする時計…
こちらは、芸術家Gianni Mottiが作った太陽が爆発するまでの50億年をカウントダウンする時計『Big Crunch Clock』だそうです。ソーラーパワーで駆動しているため、最終的には太陽の消滅と共…..