There are many possible shipway to broadcast both the prison term and your level of nerdiness to the external human beings . A Star Wars projection clock , for exercise . A watch that assure the time in binary also works . But far , far more effective than any of these is a bedside clock that uses the Fibonacci sequence .
As you may remember from that Dan Brown novel , the Fibonacci sequence is an integer chronological sequence organize by add the last two numbers together to form the next one : 0 , 1 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 8 and so on . It ’s the mathematics behind the golden spiral , a logarithmic volute that occurs a creepily great number of time in nature .
In the hands of Philippe Crétien , however , the Fibonacci sequence can also evidence the clock time in a brilliantly wide-eyed way . His clock has five square , representing the first five terms ( ignore 0 ) of the successiveness : 1 , 1 , 2 , 3 and 5 . The square light up different colors depend on the time : add the scarlet and dreary square to get the hour , and add the red and green squares ( multiplying by five ) to get the metre , to the near five minute .
The Fibonacci clock is up for pre - order on Kickstarter , with $ 115 getting you the fully - assembled outfit . or else , for $ 55 , Crétien will send you a DIY electronics kit to make your own . Let ’s be honest , if you ’re turn over this , you may plausibly handle a little light bonding . [ Kickstarter ]
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