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This is an analog clock but a 24 hour one, to be hung up in the
living room or office.
The earth in the middle (with your country set so as to be seen
throughout the whole rotation marked by a LED, if its hard to
accomplish make a transparent) rotates daily so
that the sun is in the correct
position for the hour. A line on the
background display is drawn to highlight the current hour on
the
clock's external circle.
The whole background lights up or darkens according to the
hour
and actual weather. Raining when it rains, foggy when there's a
fog and showing the stars late at night. The moon is in its
actual
position relative to your country showing the day of the lunar
month. The sun moves to an angle up or down to the correct
position according to the seasons.
A satelite could "orbit" around the earth once a minute for the
seconds.
Maybe with two sphere's above and below for the day/night 12
hour cycle.
The whole thing could be a digital program, but I think a real
model would be stunningly nicer to look at.
somehow not infringing on this patent
https://patents.goo...atent/US3832842A/en
[pashute, Mar 31 2022]
Please notice, it is not this
https://www.youtube...watch?v=HqTjRgd2cPE
[pashute, Mar 31 2022]
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SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY |
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SHUT UP AND TAKE HIS MONEY |
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We're assuming you're a Futurama fan BTW, otherwise
you're going to wonder why everybody is telling you
to shut up. (It's friendly, I assure you) |
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//your country set so as to be seen throughout the whole rotation// |
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Better if the sun rotates, no? |
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This is just an illuminated orrery. There is an entire category for orrery ideas. It got pretty hairy a few years ago. |
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That's because you can't shave an orrery. Even combing it is
inadvisable. |
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