An incredible new clock was recently unveiled at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge University: the "time-eater."
Stephen Hawking unveiled the £1 million device, which doesn't have any hands or numbers--just zipping blue lights and a huge insect-like creature on top that "eats" every minute as it passes.
"It is terrifying, it is meant to be," said John Taylor, the creator
and funder..."Basically I
view time as not on your side. He'll eat up every minute of your life,
and as soon as one has gone he's salivating for the next. It's not a
bad thing to remind students of. I never felt like this until I woke up
on my 70th birthday, and was stricken at the thought of how much I
still wanted to do, and how little time remained."
It's beautiful, intricate and a little creepy. Definitely check out the video.
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