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Temporary.cc is a website by Zach Gage that over time will disappear and, in the time that it exists, can theoretically never be archived because with every visit it deletes a small portion of its own code, altering a grid like composition of colors on its front page. Lots of beautiful ideas going on.
Please ignore the horrible music/production qualities in the video above, which demonstrates the ideas nicely.
(via today and tomorrow)
“3.16 Billion Cycles,” a clock by Che-Wei Wang, is mechanically designed to self-destruct after 100 years.
1 cycle takes 1 second, 3.16 billion cycles will take 100 years. After that time the clock will fall apart due to the gap in the outer arc.
A 60 rpm (revolutions per minute) motor drives the entire mechanism. It rotates once every second. The following pulley rotates once every 5 seconds (1:5 ratio). The next rotates once every 60 seconds or 1 minute. Then 5 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 month, 1 year, and 1 decade. The decade wheel carries the load of the large arc. The large arc rotates once every century. The final ratio between the 60 rpm motor and the large arc is approximately 1:31.6 billion.
Each wheel is marked with a black nut to highlight a position that could be tracked over time. Along the arc, 100 lines mark the divisions of each passing year. When the clock finally reaches the end of a 100 year cycle, the arc falls off its track onto the floor.
(via today and tomorrow)
