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robots build smaller versions of themselves, ad infinitum

Fractal scene

Someone called ScreamyGuy built this fractal scene of robots. He says, “I built a robot whose sole purpose in life was to create an even smaller robot just like himself… So much like himself, that this robot endeavored to create yet another tiny robot, ad infinitum. This continued for a while until an extremely tiny…

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July 9th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: home entertainment just plain fun retro robots strange + wonderful

planetary orbit clock

Planetary Orbit Clock

Here’s another interesting clock brought to us by Japanese online retailer Rakuten. This space-inspired table clock mimics planets in orbit to tell time.

If you can make out the cryptic diagrams above, little metal planets orbit a larger central planet at the middle of the “universe.” One planet signifies hours, another minutes, and the last…

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March 17th, 2007 comments (16) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces