silencing the clock movement. Twelve hours later, the motor turns again setting the pendulum in motion. The parts count for this build is very low – basically just an ATmega88, a Darlington ...

The rear view reveals the escapement built from Lego Technic parts. The core of the clock is the escapement, a linkage which the pendulum can only turn in one direction. As the pendulum swings ...

The Foucault pendulum which was displayed for many years in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History was removed in late 1998 to make room for the Star-Spangled Banner Preservation ...

How have clocks and watches intertwined with our sense of time? When did they come to play central roles in our lives? To answer these questions, On Time from the National Museum of American History ...

Much of that opinion came from worries that tinkering with time has detrimental effects on the body because it confuses the body clock's sensitivity to daylight and melatonin secretions.

Football fans might consider it a calamity if their favorite team loses. The calamity bank made by J. & E. Stevens in the ...

It was the first day of a weekend course on antique clock repair, taught by Nigel Barnes ... he moved on to discussing a clock’s parts: “One of the ground rules is when you take this clock ...

A seasoned small business and technology writer and educator with more than 20 years of experience, Shweta excels in demystifying complex tech tools and concepts for small businesses. Her work has ...

What is the molecular clock? Levels of molecular variation could be used, in principle, to estimate divergence times, serving as evolutionary "clocks" that "tick" at different rates. Subsequent ...

They’re also easy to push and can roll farther than you’d think. These little trucks have moveable parts (the tractor-trailer’s tailgate opens and closes), and they come in bright colors ...

Credit repair is the process of fixing a credit history that has one of more problems, such as errors, identity theft, or actual delinquencies and similar issues. Credit repair is the process of ...