Chronophage, devourer of hours

If you haven't heard about the Time-eating Clock in Cambridge, let me tell you about it. It is weird and amazing! The clock was developed by John Taylor, an inventor and alumnus of Cambridge. He wanted to create a tribute to John Harrison, the world's greatest clockmaker who "solved the problem of longitude in the 18th century." (There was a problem with it?) Stephen Hawking dedicated this clock in a ceremony just a few days before we arrived in Cambridge.

The giant insect on top rocks back and forth and turns the disc while the blue lights move to indicate the time. However, this clock is meant to keep time while symbolizing that time is relative, so it is only perfectly accurate every 5 minutes! Watch the pendulum in the daytime video and you'll see how the pendulum corrects itself. The overall effect is mesmorizing! It is hard to get a good video of this giant clock due to the reflection and the throngs of people surrounding it! If you listen in the nighttime video, you'll hear some of the Thursday night student merrymaking.

See this article for more information: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4783450.ece