My next book, due out in late January, is called A Brief History of Timekeeping, and covers at least 5,000 years of the science and technology humans have used to track the time. When I cite that ...

The time is right for clocks to be an integral part of a home’s design. The household clock has become less of a necessity and more of a personal choice, says Markus Harris, communications director ...

Projects can often spiral, not down or up, but out. For [Derek] he started playing around with a 3D printed escapement mechanism and thought it was a wonderful bit of engineering. But with a simple ...

Indiegogo is becoming a hub for fascinating and innovative projects with each passing day. Individuals and companies with bold and unconventional ideas turn to this platform to raise the necessary ...

Have you ever noticed that despite our high-tech gadgets and digital screens, there's something irresistibly charming about a classic analog wall clock? As you figure out how to decorate your interior ...

Pendulum clocks, a big advance over the hourglasses and sundials humans once peered at, remained the most precise timekeeping technology until the early 1900s. Based on Galileo’s discovery that ...