Weird News: Stephen Hawking Unveils Odd New Clock
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
If there's anyone who knows a great deal about time, it's Dr. Stephen Hawking. A couple weeks ago, he helped launch the bizarre timekeeper pictured above at Corpus Christi College. Designed by John Taylor, its most unusual feature is the ominous presence of an immense, time consuming grasshopper perched above the dial. Best of all, Taylor saw fit to call the creature a "Chronophage" (time eater). The linkages to the weird, conscious or not, are impossible to ignore...