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(Ignore this first paragraph if you want it has nothing to do
with the actual idea) I was sitting inside, because outside it
was raining. Rain sucks. I then starting thinking about other
things that suck, like my old chem class. Then I came here
because thinking about stuff that sucks, sucks.
Then I had
an
idea.
A water clock that displays the time through dripping water.
Have a shallow dish half full of water (or half empty,
depending on who you ask). Along the non-underwater part
of
the bowl are numbers, 1-12. A pillar rises from the back of
the dish, and overhangs the centre of the dish. Water
droplets are let out and small wires pull the drop in one
general direction with static electricity(whatever time it is).
The overall appearance is water drops magically being flung
outwards, and landing near the lip of the dish.
Maybe droplets falling for the hour, and a stream of water
for
minutes... See the pic my descriptions are a little hazy.
//NEW OPTION//(Thanks to eulachon)
Have a small dish at the top, full of water. The water
falling generates electricity. The electricity generated
powers the clock mechanics. No neeed to plug in! Simply
Pour some of the water in the bottom into the top instead.
Like winding those old clocks, except not quite.
Clock
http://whasawasa.tripod.com/waterclock/
P.S. I suck at making websites [swimr, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Mechanics
http://whasawasa.tr....com/clockworkings/
one of many ways, there are probably more better then this. [swimr, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Lord Kelvin's electrostatic generator
http://www.amasci.com/emotor/kelvin.html
A potential high-voltage source [eulachon, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
[link]
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That would look cool if you could get it to work. However, although I can see how this would work for one stream, I can't figure out how it would work for two independent streams. Can you clarify that a little? |
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Ill try to draw a pic, hold on a tic |
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Link...I drew it in the worse case scenario, even then it
isn't all that bad, it could be changed so the drop is far
away enough from the stream to not be affected. |
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I like the Roman Numerals. They are better than normal numbers. |
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Very cool idea! Streams would have to be relatively far away at the origin, or else they would interfere. In the picture, it would need 2 arms like that. |
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Edit: When I saw this idea, I thought it would involve a water-drop generator (see link). I built one of these, they are surprisingly cool. Maybe to power the device? |
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[eulachon] Thats awesome! In fact, if the falling water
powered the mechanics, then this clock wouldn't need to
be plugged in, but meerly "wound" up by pouring water in
a dish at the top. Man, I'm gonna
vote for this. |
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+ The thought of this idea really makes me want to pee. This would be best suited to a bathroom I think. |
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[Eulachon] thats a fantastic link. I want to try it! [swimr] if you could get your clock to be 'windable' like that it would be so cool. + |
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It can be also used as an alarm clock, splashing water all over the place when it's time. |
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