[LST] TIME for a New Clock!

This is the final Action Project for my winter STEAM Course, Light, Sound, and Time. This unit was all about time. In this unit, we have talked a lot about the physics of time. How time moves, how we perceive time, and how we might be able to eventually travel in time. We talked about the Twin Paradox, which basically is a paradox where one twin is on Earth and one twin is on a ship going near the speed of light, the twin on Earth will age faster due to Time Dilation. We have also learned about Latitude and Longitude. The only way to measure Longitude is by measuring time, so for our Action Project, we have been tasked with creating a clock to solve a problem, just like John Harrison did when he made a clock that could measure the time of the port from a ship. For my project, I was inspired by perpetual motion machine concepts and how we have chased them for so long, and so mine attempts to simulate them while still following the laws of thermodynamics by using batteries. 

Script:

For too long, clocks have been boring, unassuming objects with little to no personality.  Clocks represent uninteresting monotony, like students waiting for their repetitive, useless test to be over. People have long tried to create interesting clocks, but fail to see past the boring hands.  Fortunately, our scientists are time shop labs have found a solution.  Centuries of psychological study has gone into what humans beings are entertained by,  and over the last few millennia, we have worked hard, through trial and turmoil, to find a solution This is the Pinball clock This clock has been designed to capture the attention of even the most distracted of people. Updating roughly once every four seconds, this clock is not your grandma’s clock The Pinball Clock works to simulate perpetual motion in a way that will make physicists squeal.  Competitors such as the Atmos Clock claim to have done this using shifts in the atmosphere, Boring! none have done perpetual motion* as well as the Pinball Clock Additionally, it still works as a normal clock, having a boring old face. (this ones for the parents.) Even if you can’t see, the Pinball clock works for you! It makes a ding every four seconds, so you’ll be able to figure out how much time has passed. Not only does this make physicists squeal, but mathematics too! Just look at these triangles! The goal of this clock is to appeal to people who are easily bored and want something visually interesting to look at to make listening easier. Just look at how easy it is to get lost in its movements. Pinball Clock is 12 by 12 by 3 for a volume of 432in^3. Time shop labs does not guarantee focus based on the Pinball Clock and is not liable for not being able to focus. You cannot play pinball on the Pinball Clock. Pinball Clock and Time Shop Labs are property and copyright of Re Alcomp Any

This has been a very good unit and a very good final Action Project for this course! I have really enjoyed learning about time as it is a concept that has always interested me. I also really enjoyed designing and animating my Pinball Clock. If I were going to do this project again, I would want to actually attempt to create the clock in real life, but other than that this was a good project and a good way to wrap up the term!

Source:

- Wikipedia Contributors. “Perpetual Motion.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Mar. 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion. Accessed 16 Mar. 2023.

- "Clock" by Earls37a is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

- "Clock" by Dave Stokes is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

- "Clock" by Jörg Weingrill is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

- "Bored students" by ecastro is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

- "Solar Powered STAR CLOCK of the Sapporo Station 札幌駅 in Sapporo Hokkaido Japan" by Arjan Richter is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

"Meet me under the clock" by garryknight is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

- "clock" by fsse8info is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

- "Happy Birthday to James Webb, NASA’s Second Administrator" by James Webb Space Telescope is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

- "File:Atmos img 3422.jpg" by Rama is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.