#sundial

Author: John Baichtal / Source: Hackaday [Xose Pérez] set out to make a sundial wristwatch by combining a magnetometer a small nylon bolt for the gnomon, but it doesn’t work like you’d think. Instead of using the magnetometer to point the sundial north, you angle the watch until the bolt’s shadow

Wall Street strategists are abiding by a new motto these days: When in doubt, copy everyone else. The gap between the most optimistic and pessimistic strategist forecasts is just 9%, the smallest on record dating back to 1999, according to Jason Goepfert, founder of Sundial Capital Research.

How many times have you stuck a stick in the ground to use as a sundial, only to realize that you still have no idea what time it is? French Etsy shop Mojoptix has solved the problem that was the Curse of Rome by 3D-printing special sundials that display the time “digitally”-if it’s between 10:00