Recently, news about ten thousand year clocks abroad has attracted the attention of a large number of netizens. The ten thousand year clock built by Jeff Bezos, CEO of the American e-commerce giant Amazon, at a cost of US$42 million, has attracted a lot of attention in this country. Enter the final installation process on March 20th. On the same day, Bezos also tweeted to share the entire installation process, giving netizens the opportunity to witness this great scene.
Engineer Danny Hillis had the idea of ??creating a mechanical perpetual clock as early as 1995. According to his idea, the second hand of the perpetual clock moves one step to represent a year; the hour hand is 100 One year is a century, and the cuckoo responsible for telling the time comes out to tell the time every 1,000 years, that is, the ten thousand year clock rings once every millennium.
In order to complete the ten thousand year clock concept, Danny Hillis and Stewart Brand jointly established a foundation called "Hengjin Fund". The first ten thousand year clock model was completed in 1999. It is only 2.4 meters tall and is now in the Science Museum in London.
Bezos spent $42 million to build a giant mechanical perpetual clock that is 152 meters high. It was built in a mountain in west Texas and is surrounded by a large number of trees. The perpetual clock is powered by a diurnal thermal cycle. The reason why the address was chosen here is that the desert climate is relatively dry, which is conducive to the storage of ten thousand year clocks.
In addition, most parts of the Ten Thousand Year Clock are made of 316 stainless steel, which is corrosion-resistant and temperature-resistant. The temperature reaches more than 1200 degrees, and the bearings are made of engineering ceramic materials. These materials are to ensure that the life of the ten thousand year clock is long enough. After all, the service life is calculated in thousands of years.
Bezos said that the life cycle of the ten thousand year clock will be longer than that of the United States. The rise and fall of the entire American civilization will be witnessed by this ten thousand year clock that travels through time and space.
The foundation stated that the specific completion time of the Ten Thousand Year Clock has not yet been determined. Once completed, it will be open to tourists. However, even if you are interested in visiting, it is not easy to reach the destination. The nearest airport in this place is several kilometers away. After an hours drive, you have to climb mountains, wade through rivers, go through tunnels, and finally climb the stairs to get there.
That’s not all, tourists have to work together to promote it after arrival winch until it can no longer be pushed, and then you have to climb over 20 giant wheels. These wheels are actually mechanical calculators. After all tourists board, the wheel will automatically calculate a specific melody and sound the visitors exclusive melody. Melody. Through this experience, visitors will have a further experience of Ten Thousand Years, time and the future. However, these are the foundations ideas. I don't know if Ten Thousand Years will have this function after it is completed.
