The Flimsiest Clock In The World

TIME AND SPACE

Japan's Citizen watch employee display a prototype model of the world's first flexible digital clock display in 3mm thickness, which utilized an electronic paper display, a next generation reflective display with a low power consumption, thin, light and flexible like paper, developed by E-Ink of the US at the Eco Products Exhibition in Tokyo 15 December 2005. Citizen is expecting to commercialize similar clock early next year. AFP Photo / Yoshikazu Tsuno.

Tokyo (AFP) Dec 15, 2005
A Japanese watchmaker said Thursday it had created the world's first flexible digital clock which is as thin as camera film and can be bent around the curve of a wall.

The clock is only three millimeters (0.12 inches) thick and offers better visibility from sharp angles and in poor visibility or high sunlight than existing models, Citizen Watch said.

"It can be set along the walls of a building or on round pillars of train stations or offices, letting people check the time from widely different positions," said a spokesman for the company.

The clock, measuring 53 by 130 centimeters (21.2 by 52 inches), displays time in black numbers using technology developed by E Ink of the United States.

It consumes less power than conventional digital clocks, with its battery life 20 times longer.

Citizen will start production of the clock early next year upon receiving orders with a price tag at 500,000-600,000 yen (4,200-5,000 dollars) each.

Source: Agence France-Presse

TIME AND SPACE

Astronomers Find Most Stable Optical Clock In Heavens

Fort Davis TX (SPX) Dec 02, 2005
After 31 years of tracking the light- output of a burnt-out star from telescopes at McDonald Observatory, astronomer S.O. Kepler of Brazil's Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and a slew of University of Texas colleagues have found the most stable optical clock in the heavens.

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