Ever seen an atomic clock?

[wobbuffet]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: jumpr
Here's a picture of one.

Kinda...anti-climactic.

I was hoping for a titanium coo-coo clock!

COOOOO-COOOOOOO :laugh:

Cheers Zim :beer:

 

[Powermoloch]

YAY !!!! what time is it anyway?

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
YAY !!!! what time is it anyway?

96:123:16:15:37, duh. Can't you tell time?

 

[Armitage]

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: TechnoPro

Originally posted by: Atomicus

Originally posted by: silverpig
I was going to build a nuclear powered clock... It'd be too expensive though as it's hard to get stuff that's radioactive enough.

Dr. Emmett Brown didn't have a hard time finding radioactive material

And here I am, Googling for Dr. Emmett Brown, looking for some news story about an academic who had recently gotten his hands on some illegal goodies... I feel owned.

:laugh:

 

[Eeezee]

They're mega-complex, dno't be hatin on the atomic clock

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: silverpig
I was going to build a nuclear powered clock... It'd be too expensive though as it's hard to get stuff that's radioactive enough.

I have access to radioactive materials.

So do I. And I can obtain enough to build a very small nuclear reactor, but it's extremely expensive.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: FlashG

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: silverpig
I was going to build a nuclear powered clock... It'd be too expensive though as it's hard to get stuff that's radioactive enough.

I have access to radioactive materials.

*takes a bite out of an apple*

yep...me too

One of my functions at work is planning Cesium and GPS upgrades. We also use Rubidium clocks in less critical applications.

But those aren't radioactive

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Nebor
I heard all Iran is trying to do is build some of those. And we're getting all huffy about it.

So we have three possibilities:
1. They want to reduce their dependence on oil
2. They want to tell the time to a high degree of accuracy
3. They want to blow up Israel

Tough call.

Atomic clocks are not radioactive. They use stable cesium (which is plenty of fun in and of itself). Blowing up Israel requires fissile material like uranium or plutonium

 

[IGBT]

..does anybody Know how those Ziet RF clocks work?? They update and self adjust overnight. What kind of chip/electronics do they use??

 

[Scarpozzi]

How about an Atomic Formicidae?