In 200 Million Years This Clock Will Remain Accurate

February 15th, 2008

Atomic ClockHow they know this is beyond me, but according to U.S. physicists they’ve crafted a clock that will neither gain nor lose a second in the next 200 million years. The unnamed clock even out performs the U.S Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology clock, which promises to keep time accurate to the second for 80 million years. So what are these clocks used for? Deep space navigation where a slight error could disrupt and destroy a mission. Other uses include synchronizing telecommunication networks ‘that some day lead to things like hands-free driving in satellite-guided cars.’ If you ask me, it all sounds like a bunch of smoke, but I’m not a scientist.

Via Reuters

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    2 Comments Add your own

    • 1. shiro  |  February 16th, 2008 at 4:14 am

      Oh my god. so my boss will know if i came late?? just kidding.

    • 2. Steve  |  February 28th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

      That was so funny…time stood still…and I thought I was dead…

      something died…

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