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New approach to the S2 clock project in evidence here.
So far the brief/analysis/specification pages are produced in much the same way as ever. The radical shift is in the generation of ideas approach. Here we borrowed an idea outlined in Kurt Rowland's 1968 book "The Shapes We Need". Amongst other things Rowland explores spatial relationships and really gets to the heart of aesthetics and visual beauty. Some things just look right and others don't. Why is this? Rowland seems to have a some good theories about this. This book was part of a series he released in the late 60's. I understand these textbooks were standard issue in Glasgow Secondary Schools Art Departments at the time. I don't know of any art teachers that used them much apart from my mother. Anyway this little card based exercise suited our purposes perfectly.
The current S2 course has seeen alot of changes over the last five years. We'll distribute the cours notes on the S2 Course page at: designandtechnologydepartment.co.uk in due course.
The Hilltown Clock was made by Beath and Keay, iron founders in 1900.
The inscription reads:
"Presented to the Community of Dundee by Charles Barrie, one of the representatives of the Seventh Ward, December 1900".
Date: c.1985
Ref: DCC-BW180-29
Yay! My laser cut plastic from Ponoko arrived and like the best ikea flatpack it assembled together and all the parts actually fit!
It's six rectangles with slots in the top and bottom and ridges on the side, front and back walls. It doesn't hold itself together very well if you aren't careful, though a bit of glue would soon fix that. For now I'm leaving it as it is.
The main control PCB goes on the outside back, where you can easily access the buttons to change the time. Power supply is inside on one side wall, and the two nixie driver boards themselves are on the bottom. Amazingly, my laser cut holes line up with the holes in the PCBs and I am able to screw everything into place! Hurrah!
This is my first attempt at making a wooden clock. This clock is known as a Toucan Clock because of the drive levers at the top that look like a toucan’s beak. The clock is driven by an electromagnet in the base that swings the pendulum which then drives the toucan beak back and forth. This action then drives the various gears turning the hands. My first model was made from birch plywood with walnut accents. In front are four of the gears that I have made for my next clock. They are made from a combination of oak, walnut, cherry, maple, and poplar.
Piazza della Loggia - Torre dell'Orologio, modelled on the campanile in Venice's Piazza San Marco : detail
Product photography for a client that needed clean and simple shots of different items, this was a part of a clock collection with a kinds of clocks, old and new.
DCF77 Master Clock
Uses Arduino ATMEGA 328 IC, 1" Max2719 controlled 7 segment display with I2C 4x20 Yellow LCD information display.
Displays auto activated by PIR detector and auto brightness is set by LDR.
The DCF77 signal is decoded using the fantastic new DCF77 library written by Udo Klein.
I took this shot specifically for the 888 group, to commemorate the special date:
August 8, 2008.
As you can see, this a long exposure of 8 seconds (evident by the number of 'second' hands)
This is VICTORINOX SWISS ARMY Date Gentleman's watch in STAR WARS 30th Anniversary Edition. One Jewel SWISS MADE Quartz movement loaded. Date window is at the 3O'clock position. Dial is silver color sunburst dial. Hands are black color luminous hands. Case & Band are solid stainless steel and very heavy. Screw down case back. Band has extended clasp for diver's suit. Water resistant 100 meters/10 ATM. This watch all parts were made in Switzerland.
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Went to Wookey Hole this weekend I was hoping to get some shots inside the caves but sadly no flash was allowed due to it having rare bats. I could slap myself as I was toying with taking my monopod but I changed my mind last minute I did try to improvise with the caves surroundings but sadly nothing was worth keeping so this weeks submission is this vintage clocking in machine that was on show at Wookey Hole.
Product photography for a client that needed clean and simple shots of different items, this was a part of a clock collection with a kinds of clocks, old and new.
National Debt Clock, New York City
"Our national debt:
6.388.615.296.055
YOUR family share: 69.744 "
Taken on January 28, 2003.
The National Debt Clock was created by a New York real estate developer in 1989. The goal of Seymour Durst was to create awareness of the debt’s size and the speed with which it was growing. The clock was stopped in September of 2000 as government debt levels decreased because of budget surpluses. The national debt was 5,676,989,904,887. (73,733 / family.)
The clock was reactivated in 2002.
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 02 May 2007 at 01:22:27 PM GMT:
$8.842.734.748.905
For inspiration and sources and resources please see the Mathmap Group and Escher's Droste Print Gallery.
This is the same model clock many small towns have, but I liked being able to get a picture with nothing in the background except sky.
This clock was built from plans designed by Clayton Boyer. The clock uses an epicyclic (planetary) gear system and is powered by a constant force "negator" spring rather than a weight and pulley system. The frame is made of Brazilian cherry and the gears (wheels) are made of aircraft quality Finnish birch.
The Clock Tower, also called the Jubilee Clock Tower, is a free-standing clock tower in the centre of Brighton. Built in 1888 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, the distinctive structure included innovative structural features and became a landmark in the popular and fashionable seaside resort. The city's residents "retain a nostalgic affection" for it, even though opinion is sharply divided as to the tower's architectural merit.