WebThe Berlin Clock with Mahogany Finish is a masterful handmade mantel clock, made with fluted columns flanking the clock face and skillfully inlaid marquetry. The ivory clock face features black Arabic numerals and a brass 8-day key-wound movement that can chime on the quarter hour, strike Westminster chimes on the full hour, and be quietened overnight. … WebThe idea to build a monument scale, multi-millennial, all mechanical clock as an icon to long-term thinking came from computer scientist Danny Hillis and was published in the form of an email to friends. Later it was followed up with an essay published in the 01995 Wired magazine "Scenarios" issue.
Clock Of Ages - Newsweek
http://media.longnow.org/files/2/10_AAS_11-665_Hillis.pdf WebFeb 22, 2024 · It's actually the brainchild of inventor and scientist Danny Hillis, who came up with the concept decades ago, envisaging a clock that would truly stand the test of time – ticking only once per year, with a … mls seaforth
Jeff Bezos and the Clock That Will Outlast Civilization WIRED
WebApr 5, 2024 · Danny Hillis dreamed up the clock in 1986, three years after founding the supercomputing and artificial intelligence company Thinking Machines. He tinkered with … WebNov 20, 2012 · The notion of the Hillis’s clock is brilliant and incredibly complicated; what it fosters is brilliantly simple. The 10,000 year (that’s one hundred centuries) clock would … WebHillis has over 300 issued patents in fields including parallel computers, touch interfaces, disk arrays, forgery prevention methods, electronic and mechanical devices, and bio … in into yd