As convenient as it might be to use your phone as an alarm clock, standalone alarm clocks come with all kinds of features that can make waking up — or even going to sleep — a little less painful.
Many of the clocks we feature here on Hackaday are entirely built from scratch, or perhaps reuse an unusual display type. But sometimes, an old clock is just perfect as it is, and only needs a bit ...
A shown-up picture: a crystal from indium- (pink) and ytterbium (blue) ions. Credit: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Breakthrough Optical Atomic Clock Sets New Accuracy Record in Quest to ...
Some optical clocks already outperform cesium clocks in accuracy by a factor of 100. As these clocks continue to improve, they will soon define the worldwide standard for the second in the ...
The Fujifilm Instax Wide Evo digital camera is designed to amuse with built-in filter effects and on-demand Instax Wide film prints, but its shutter lag and poor rear display detract from the ...
That is around 100,000 times faster than the microwave frequencies of the caesium clocks that currently generate the second. These optical clocks are still in the testing phase, but some of them are ...