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Digital Sundial
by Mojoptix
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The episode in **[ENGLISH]**: http://www.mojoptix.com/?p=108
L'épisode en **[FRANCAIS]**: http://www.mojoptix.com/?p=75
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[ ENGLISH ]
Tadam !
A Sundial displaying the time inside its shadow, with actual digits ! There is a tiny bit of magic inside...
No batteries, no motor, no electronics... It's all just a really super-fancy shadow show. The shape of the sundial has been mathematically designed to only let through the right sunrays at the right time/angle. This allows to display the actual time with sunlit digits inside the sundial's shadow.
The sundial displays time (with actual digits !!) from 10:00 until 16:00, updating every 20 minutes.
You can precisely adjust the displayed time simply by rotating the gnomon (the magic box that displays time). So you can even adjust for
L'épisode en **[FRANCAIS]**: http://www.mojoptix.com/?p=75
Note: To see more inventions and contraptions, suscribe to [Mojoptix on Youtube !](https://www.youtube.com/c/mojoptix_com "https://www.youtube.com/c/mojoptix_com")
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[ ENGLISH ]
Tadam !
A Sundial displaying the time inside its shadow, with actual digits ! There is a tiny bit of magic inside...
No batteries, no motor, no electronics... It's all just a really super-fancy shadow show. The shape of the sundial has been mathematically designed to only let through the right sunrays at the right time/angle. This allows to display the actual time with sunlit digits inside the sundial's shadow.
The sundial displays time (with actual digits !!) from 10:00 until 16:00, updating every 20 minutes.
You can precisely adjust the displayed time simply by rotating the gnomon (the magic box that displays time). So you can even adjust for
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