This clock reportedly served as the timekeeper for employees at a jewelry business in Philadelphia in the early part of the twentieth century. Isaac Bedichimer, who had emigrated from Russa in 1860, ...

Optical lattice clocks are emerging timekeeping devices based on tens of thousands of ultracold atoms trapped in an optical lattice (i.e., a grid of laser light). By oscillating between two distinct ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP via Getty Images What is time? It's a question that has long ...

On Tuesday, product developer Matt Webb launched a Kickstarter funding project for a whimsical e-paper clock called the “Poem/1” that tells the current time using AI and rhyming poetry. It’s powered ...