Clock Corpus Christi Cambridge Chronophage

[mearcat74]

The round shape that looks like it was pressed sheet metal was in fact created by submerging it in water and using an explosion to force it against a an object to creat the shape

[unambitious]

Amazing design, but a million$?

[CaptainChaos]

It's not a locust or even a grasshopper. It's a chronophage; a "time-eater". It eats the seconds, minutes and hours as they pass by.

[Descalabro]

Something about the grasshopper doesn't fit the clock. I find it awesome, but it's almost as if the clock was designed by a person and the grasshopper by another. They could have made both elements in gold or both of them darker and the metaphor would still work; but then I also like the idea of the parasite grasshopper, it's just that it gives a cheap look to the watch. I also wonder why did they use those big wheels instead of hands with leds on the edge runing behind a perforated dial.

[azarimanka]

if you had ever seen it close up you would realise that they fit together incrdibly well.

[SPANISH1000]

Poor grasyhoper he will walk for an eternity.

[outled]

theres definitely something strange about this clock, it has me fascinated, it reminds me off the cracked globe outside the vatican museum. I heard it cost one million to make which i find very odd because its not a very complicated mechanism or design. To me it represents some giant breakthrough concerning timetravel possibly.

[pittedthighs]

clock is satanic!

[chloe11987]

looks gorgous especially when dark as it all lights up in blue lights

[Makerik667]

Its certaintly symbolic, whether the creator (of the clock) intended so or not. During the tribulation, locus's are released from an abyss onto man for torment. Their sting will be as when a man is stung by a scorpion and they shall appear as a battalion of horses. Men will flee and seek death, but will not be found. Whats interesting is the locuses have teeth like a lion and appear to have a golden crown.

This peice is certainly symbolic is many ways.

[Decoded69]

Anyone read chapter 9 of Revalations latley ??? So subliminal haha - the Locust with razor sharp teeth and a sting on it's tail. Poor unsuspecting public.

[OrlandoParty2K]

I agree. Do not be afraid for if you do not have the mark of the beast you will be fine with this plague.

[untitleddrummer88]

Sirs, you are raving.

[lightflower]

I think its weird and creepy.

[ads1066]

It doesnt require debate, its a clock :)

[Evanescent13]

Such a beautiful clock.

[angkor01]

Torschlusspanik! A timely reminder that time is our enemy if we don't use it wisely while on this earth. Love the Chronophage. The Byrds' soundtrack is a perfect choice to accompany the visuals too.

[SoulSeak]

This clock is the root of all EVIL!!!!!!

[sakoeurocafe28]

me too!!

[handgrenade87]

Awesome! i want one! but please make a smaller version...like wrist watch..

[tedhellcaster]

i want a corpus clock wrist watch

[ShoobyBugger]

John Taylor

[FineArtsProductions]

Check artist Josignacio Painting

[tmiroach]

according to the laws of pendulums the clock will only be accurate every five minutes. the pendulum doesn't stop at the hour mark the weighted dials inside do and the dr. knew this an stated that it would only be accurate to the second every five min. in his unveiling

[promontorium]

I wonder if they should move it indoors so the leds can be seen better.

[wightman272]

Shame they put it behind reflective glass. Camera not as good as the eye in ignoring reflections.

[Tensaiga17]

That clock will always be wrong because of the time it takes to chime the hour. When the second/minute lights reach 12 and the next hour is struck, the lights rotate around the clock (if it's 5 o'clock, all 3 lights rotate around the clock forward and back 5 times, consuming 5 seconds) but the second hand starts at 12, instead of 5, where it SHOULD start. I'm an Irish American college student and saw this error so don't you Brits ever say anything about either ethnicity ever again

[zerton]

your making the irish look bad. I'm sure Hawking wouldn't screw up on something like that.

[JamesCGamora]

Hawking had nothing to do with it's creation. The Corpus Clock was conceived, funded and designed by Dr John Taylor for Corpus Christi College in Cambridge of which is his Alma mater.

Hawking just unveiled it.

[Tensaiga17]

Hawking didn't make the clock. I forget the guys name, it's Dr. John-something.

[udadni]

In the video about this clock with the creator's voice over, he talks about people perceiving time differently depending on the person and the situation, and created the clock to simulate this clock. According to wikipedia "The pendulum speeds up, slows down, and sometimes stops, but returns to the correct time every five minutes." This would allow the clock to compensate for the differential after chiming the hour.

[atrbdm9]

Don't ever trust wikipedia. Anyone can put information on there, even if it's wrong.

[Stuurm]

Thats why sources are provided with the article. IF false information is put into an article, it is quickly fixed, not to mention easy to spot.

[Jamesisiah]

I was thinking the exact same thing

when I first saw a video on it and saw it

hit 12 and move back and forth i expected the

seconds to start off somewhere else on the clock

not the 12

[promontorium]

It was intentioally designed to not be perfectly objective. It was designed to celebrate a human's relative perception of time. You have only succeeded in pointing out the obvious.

Consider now that all clocks are "wrong". A human sees a clock, the time it took for the light to go into a person's eye, and for that person to understand the light images as a clock will take time, so by the time anyone sees a clock's time, it will always be slow.

[verlaines]

Freezon's dual mechanism makes up for this but it is not an error just part of the clock.

[DCIpro22]

not too bright are we?

[Masquerade37]

Punny song. I absolutely love this clock for more reasons than I could explain. I wish I could go see it in person.

[lanceturvey]

sorry you thought the song "Punny", I thought it was quite fitting.

[inexion1]

more info at watch?v=577Ctof5RYM

[TheAceOfFIre]

For More information, search Wikipedia for "Grasshopper escapement"...

^_^ It is neat!