Project Number

255

Title

10,000 Year Clock Dial and Rosetta Disk

Description

Prototype model of future 10,000 Year Clock.

Contact

Alexander Rose

Affiliation

The Long Now Foundation

Address

P.O. Box 29462 
San Francisco, California 94129 
+1.415.561.6582

E-mail

zander@longnow.org

WWW

Year

2000

Reference

SIGGRAPH 2000 Program & Buyer's Guide

Project Details

"The 10,000 Year Clock dial is from a nine-foot-tall early prototype of the 10,000 Year Clock designed by Danny Hillis. Reading from the outside in, it includes the Gregorian Year in five digits, the sun position, moon phase, and current night sky in the center."

Sight

10,000 Year Clock dial

Sound

Touch

Smell

Taste

Other

Emergence

2 - Prototype, Components, Testing

Intent

3 - Application (expression, enabler)

Primary

307 - art / commentary

Secondary

105 - emerging technology

Remarks

 


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