http://geekinetic.com/taxonomy/term/69 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://geekinetic.com/node/61 <p><img src="http://geekinetic.com/files/ImageUploads/gianni_motti_big_crunch_clock.jpg" title="Big Crunch Clock" width="500" height="240" /></p> <p>The Big Crunch Clock assumes that the earth will remain inhabitable until our sun dies.  I am not so optimistic and feel that humanity will be wiped out long before then, but I will give the Big Crunch Clock its day in court.  It is a really cool concept and it performs no really useful function.  All it does is countdown the years that we have remaining, apparently there are 4,999,999,991 more to go and displays all of the information on a 20 digit LED screen.  I seriously doubt that the Big Crunch Clock will survive longer than twenty years, let alone the approximate 5,000,000,000 that it would be required to last through in order to fulfill its function.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/20/clock-counts-down-to-the-end-of-the-world/">Technabob</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> http://geekinetic.com/node/61#comments Clocks Morbid Technology Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:07:23 -0700 C.S. Magor 61 at http://geekinetic.com