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Expanding Clock has telescopic hands, and a face that
can
be enlarged to a much greater diameter because it's
printed on a series of overlapping segments. (think of
the
workings of a mechanical camera iris)
With Expanding Clock, if you want a big clock, you can
have a big clock, but if
you prefer a smaller clock, you
just
squeeze in the perimeter and push the calibrated minute
and hour hands down in proportion.
hoberman sphere
https://youtu.be/S9SVP-dRx0w?t=8
[not_morrison_rm, Mar 05 2019]
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Nice. I wonder if you could design the segments so that numbers printed on them would remain visible and upright at different diameters, or if the numbers (should you choose to want them) would need to be on telescopic stalks. |
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Alternatively, the outer diameter could be a metal ring, with a rubber membrane stretched over it with the numbers printed on it, then they'd scale with the diameter. |
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Expanding the numerals would be problematic,
though not impossible, but the clock will work fine
with quarter hour marks. |
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Hmm. Okay. I don't want one but I don't dislike it either. |
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I know I've seen a cheap wall clock with telescopic "bits"
(think radio aerials with lumps on the ends) around the
outside, but (as usual) Google has let me down. |
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Could you not keep the clock the same size but just move it
nearer or further away? |
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.....i had thought of making the wall retreat or
come closer, but space is limited, and the need for
a fully adjustable clock is quite urgent. |
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Half expecting a clock that oscillated size with time which would explain the wee small hours. |
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This could be marketed to vacationers and traveling salesmen. It fits right in with the likes of the Travel Sponge (all dehydrated and flat until you wet it), the Travel Cup (the telescoping thing again), and the Travel toothbrush (of various designs). Old people with campers will love it! |
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Expanding coins, they telescope down very small for carrying in your wallet or pocket, but you can pull or twist the edges and they become very big for paying for things with. |
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I completely and thoroughly love this idea, xenzy. |
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Hoberman expanding sphere would do the trick, and in 3D.
Link etc |
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So, you're saying this clock could be either very large or quite
minute? |
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It would be cool if it expanded and contracted daily, hourly, or minutely like a pulse. |
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auscan - The clock can either be a large clock or a
small clock depending on your preference. It's the
same clock, but its hands are telescopic and its
calibrated outer edge and be enlarged or
contracted in proportion to the chosen length of
the hands. Do you want to place an order? |
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//Do you want to place an order?// |
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First I need a quiet minute before deciding whether I want a
quite minute clock. |
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I see this as a normal-looking clock with an hour hand and a minute hand. It would have no second hand, but instead the clock would temporarily embiggen itself slightly every second, pulsing, such that the diameter of the clock face and the length of the hands got slightly longer and then return to normal dimensions every second. |
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That's the pulsating version. (which costs a lot
more) |
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When you start the advertising campaign for your "massive pulsating clock!", be sure to employ some good proof-readers. |
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