tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58763948990441440782011-09-26T03:50:57.784-07:00head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876394899044144078.post-8111405852361936212008-03-02T04:31:00.000-08:002008-03-21T10:53:56.873-07:00<span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>A new year a new time Machine</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Linear this time.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Time is linear.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Why do we measure it in circles?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I found a couple of "bar graph" nixies.</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9Qf5ho4-yI/AAAAAAAAAHk/FzEB6YA7Tlo/s1600-h/DSCN2521.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175796944898423586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9Qf5ho4-yI/AAAAAAAAAHk/FzEB6YA7Tlo/s320/DSCN2521.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In Russia.</span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9Qfexo4-xI/AAAAAAAAAHc/j1tfT128_Zo/s1600-h/DSCN2520.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175796485336922898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9Qfexo4-xI/AAAAAAAAAHc/j1tfT128_Zo/s320/DSCN2520.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">And I had an old door.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Mix these two together and you end up with a clock.</span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9QfCBo4-wI/AAAAAAAAAHU/0Jc2t9s-uyA/s1600-h/DSCN2517.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175795991415683842" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9QfCBo4-wI/AAAAAAAAAHU/0Jc2t9s-uyA/s320/DSCN2517.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Nixies need a power supply.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9Qj-ho4-1I/AAAAAAAAAH8/30jpe4nZr0M/s1600-h/DSCN2514-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175801428844280658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9Qj-ho4-1I/AAAAAAAAAH8/30jpe4nZr0M/s320/DSCN2514-1.JPG" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">+150V DC, we can do that...</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Some serious transistors to pilot the high voltage </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9QkWho4-2I/AAAAAAAAAIE/p6QPqyxu9h0/s1600-h/DSCN2515-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175801841161141090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9QkWho4-2I/AAAAAAAAAIE/p6QPqyxu9h0/s320/DSCN2515-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">And of course the famous PIC with the universal time counting program can be used (Thanks Wim!).</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9Qk_ho4-3I/AAAAAAAAAIM/_L5r8MljtU0/s1600-h/DSCN2456.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175802545535777650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9Qk_ho4-3I/AAAAAAAAAIM/_L5r8MljtU0/s320/DSCN2456.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A slight modification only.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wait for more!.........</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Lot's of wires.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Again...</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9QjUBo4-0I/AAAAAAAAAH0/4x9tylcdZqs/s1600-h/DSCN2525.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175800698699840322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9QjUBo4-0I/AAAAAAAAAH0/4x9tylcdZqs/s320/DSCN2525.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Put some O-rings around the tubes to have a vague idea about what time it is..</span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9QgbBo4-zI/AAAAAAAAAHs/dY1uH0ArTk8/s1600-h/DSCN2524.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175797520424041266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9QgbBo4-zI/AAAAAAAAAHs/dY1uH0ArTk8/s320/DSCN2524.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">It looks like this, seconds ticking silently away.</span><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-3e2593ab4d7a3ade" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" 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next?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A planetarium?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And why not!</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5876394899044144078-811140585236193621?l=timemachinesiii.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.com1