The Corpus Clock & Chronophage - Hi-Res
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The Corpus Clock has been invented and designed by Dr John Taylor for Corpus Christi College Cambridge for the exterior of the college's new library building.
It was unveiled on 19 September 2008 by Prof Stephen Hawking, cosmologist and author of the global bestseller, A Brief History of Time.
The £1 million timepiece, known as The Corpus Clock, has been commissioned and designed to honour the John Harrison, who was famously the pioneer of Longitude and inventor of the esoteric clock mechanism known as a grasshopper escapement.
The clock has been designed by the inventor and horologist Dr John Taylor and makes ingenious use of the grasshopper escapement, moving it from the inside of the clock to the outside and refashioning it as a Chronophage, or time-eater, which literally devours time.
For more information, log on to www.johnctaylor.com
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There is something at once soothing and hypnotic about a precision mechanical device. I could stare at this for hours. I would love to have a scaled-down version for my home.
Incredibly clever - every single function (seemingly random blinking, occasional slow seconds etc) is a product of the mechanical machinery of the clock - there are no separate devices, it's one mechanism. Also symbolically intelligent as a piece of art.
This clock is actually giving me the chills....I know it's just a clock by just the combination of the noise and the evil-looking grasshopper "eating" away time, is somewhat terrifying
wow, so much hate on the youtube comments. this is a magnificent piece of work. thank you.
I will be glad to watch (from KZread) as this masterpiece of natural science, engineering, and fine art is unveiled at the University of Cambridge. During the days of the guilds, before an aspiring Master may join a guild, he would have to create an exceptionally well-crafted piece. If the craftsmen of the old would see Corpus Chronophage, it will make the hair on the back of their necks curl.
a thing of beauty. i work and have done for some years in engineering and to see this blew me away and to see how it worked is heart warming. thank you for sharing this.
Magnificent clock!! I showed this video to my 3 y.o. grandson and he was truly fascinated by it. I must check it out in the flesh if I get back to the UK
Chapter 9 of revalations anyone ????? Wow! so sublimnal!!
That is so cool if they made a smaller version I would totally buy it.
I lived in Cambridge and fall under the category mentioned ("unsuspecting citizens of Cambridge"). It is pretty cool in real life.
How is it useless? It's a functioning clock and a beautiful piece of art.
Ok, that went from the coolest clock I've ever seen, to the creepiest just like that.
That clock is awesome I would love to have one. I could stare at it all day long hearing Tic Toc Tic Toc.
Really impresive. Wonderful job!
what a fantastic work of art and horology.
Love the visual representation of the chronophage (eater of time).
Simply beautiful !!!! A lot of details !!!
Wonderful piece of art. Loved it
Do they make a mini version. (Chris Farley voice) That's totally...AWESOME.
That's fantastic. Very cool.
Beautiful! A lovely fusion of traditional clockwork with the led lights as opposed to "display". Strange the way the clock behaves whenever striking the hour - it appears to dance to and fro.
wow, that is truly impressive
It's awesome. It's just beautiful. And all those little details. I want one :/
Awesome!!
That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.
Beautful clock!!
Fascinating.
Amazing
Love it, well done.
That is very nice.
Amazing...You should be very proud of this Artwork .
When Professor Hawking unveils the clock, I wonder if he will give a brief history of the timepiece?
Holy crap. I. Must. Have. One.
SIMPLY AMAZING
Well impressive piece of work :)
A new twist on an old concept.I love your clock.Fantastic,and mechanical.How accurate is it likely to be?I can get some of my mechanical clocks to keep
that thing is brilliant :D
i want to see it so badly. it has a great sound too
Does the "Klingon High Command" know you took their clock out of their conference room?
Stunningly beutiful
that's creepy as hell...but also really cool looking too. I'd love to have that in my home, just not in my room lol
If it were quieter, I'd like to have one in my room. :D Looks awesome!
Wow... shiny!
Wow. I want one.
cool
Wow, i want one :D
Most. Badass. Clock. Ever.
Fan-Bloody-Tastique and I'll have two
Do want!! Want now!! o.O
Time Travel is wonderful.
Is there's a wristwatch version it of?
Yay, a version of the video that isn't squished :D
4:00 damn. that clock is huge.
When the clock struck the hour, it did it's chiming sequence, moving the lights back and forth. But after that, the seconds continue with 1. Shouldn't it compensate for the chiming? Aren't they losing seconds?
theres a steampunk to it ..
@g0vqw Wikipedia says "The clock is entirely accurate only once every five minutes."
Fantastic clock. But what kind of scary-arse grasshoppers are flitting about in Taylor's backyard?
Looks like something H.R. Giger would think of. It's beautiful and disturbing at the same time.
A magnificent clock except for the grasshopper.
he says in the video that the whole thing only uses 60 watts, and that's only for the lights. the rest of the clock is mechanical.
I want a version only with the LED's
that thing only takes up 60 watts???
September 19 , day of the inauguration, both the announcement that the Hadron collider failed and the World market? "Put" options banned. But can a "plane" fly though a building without slowing down? Will Taylor quote Einstein? Taylor here conflates subjective and objective time. /oqEpuTGc98s
What do you mean? its just a clock.???
Awesome. It'd suck to try and sleep with that shit in the room though.
it must be hell trying to change the time on daylight savings lol
You don't know what subliminal means or how to spell it.
I believe this cost over a million dollars, am I correct?
Jed Clampett-lookin' inventor
Don't you think it's a bit too mechanic?
Wow, this is old.
me 2 were can i get 2 one 4 me and 1 for eBay...
as cool as it is, it does seem a bit overboard.. i'll stick with my watch
Yes it is ...... 2 meany blind eyes....
I'll take one in silver xD
dude...
Um, I am concerned about the energy used on this clock... if if it is minimal and wether we need it now of all times
Weird stuff ..... it is quite subliminal..... FOULISH MORTALS:(
who ask you?
=) aahahahah la lahaahahahahaha
In your (unfathomably wrong) opinion.
Brilliant but nasty, Nobody is gonna put this on their wall whist they are eating dinner.
This clock has kind of a cheap look to it. I love clocks, but something about the design lacks the class one would expect when thinking about 1 million. It looks cool when it is dark, but then the grasshopper looks like it doesn't belong there at all. And the blue light shouldn't be seen from behind the clock.
Masonic peice of shit.
daymn......ist an ugly ass clock, as a clock. but its amazing as art. and its big as fuck...
this guy knows somethin we dont.... i dont fucking like it
no thanks.
get some culture. youth.
That clock is awesome I would love to have one. I could stare at it all day long hearing Tic Toc Tic Toc.