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Watch Feature Showing How Fast You're Going

"You're currently going 1.3 million miles per hour." Cosmic velocity meter.
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Modern watches have all sorts of features besides time. Pulse, heart rate, pace you're walking etc.

This indicator feature would display your total speed through the cosmos by adding together (or subtracting as necessary) various velocities: Earth's rotation, Earth's orbit around the Sun, the solar system's orbit around the galactic center, and the motion of the galaxy itself through the larger universe. The speed on the watch would fluctuate depending on your location, time of day, and the direction these different velocities are aligned or opposed.

Tapping on different areas of the watch reveals a breakdown of:

Earth’s Rotation Speed: "You’re rotating at X mph relative to Earth’s axis."

Earth’s Orbital Speed: "You’re orbiting the Sun at 67,000 mph."

Solar System Speed: "Our solar system is orbiting the Milky Way at 514,000 mph."

Galactic Drift: "The Milky Way is moving through the universe at 1.3 million mph."

A timeline at the bottom could allow users to scroll forward or backward to view how their speed will change during the day, month, or year as orbital alignments shift.

I'd probably set it just for solar system / Earth orbit / Earth rotation net speed calculation.

Why? Dunno. Might give you a sense of perspective or something.

doctorremulac3, Jan 30 2025

Galactic velocity current speed indicator. https://www.dropbox...9j&st=3xntf35s&dl=0
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       Your rotational velocity around the earth depends on your latitude.
Voice, Jan 31 2025
  

       Exactly! Your watch has all of that!   

       I dunno, just seems like it might be interesting so see for instance, how your speed while sitting on the beach in Hawaii is X + 1,000 mph and 12 hours later X - 1,000 mph.   

       Again, I don't know why this would be somehow interesting to know but it would be pretty easy to do. Better that having my watch remind me to have a moment of zen or whatever.   

       Although it might be kind of zenny to realize your perception of calm and peace is happening on a rock blasting through the cosmos at over a million miles per hour yet you're safe, and the birds around you singing in the trees are safe too.
doctorremulac3, Jan 31 2025
  
      
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