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It's three o'clock in the morning when you wake up groggy-eyed and suddenly wonder, "What time is it? Am I going to be late for work?" Introducing the Albert Clock! :roll:
Mathematicians have invented a 'brain-teasing' clock that requires you to solve a tricky equation to tell the time.
CAN YOU TELL THESE TIMES?
Below are six examples of the types of equations the clock uses:
4 ÷ 2 + 4 hr, 7 + 44 - 9 min
34 - 18 hr, 7 × 2 + 23 min
6 × 2 hr, 9 - 2 × 4 min
2 × 4 + 3 hr, 8 ÷ 4 × 7 min
10 - 8 hr, 6 × 4 min
14 - 8 + 1 hr, 11 + 37 min
The Albert Clock is designed by Axel Schindlbeck, a lecturer in Product Design at ESADMM College of Art and Design in Marseille, and Fred Mauclere, a software engineer.
The duo created the hand-lacquered clock after more than £63,000 ($81,000) was crowdfunded to the project.
It comes in three colours – concrete grey, white and red.
So far, around 1,000 of the brain-teasing digital clocks have been sold around the world.
Mathematicians have invented a 'brain-teasing' clock that requires you to solve a tricky equation to tell the time.
CAN YOU TELL THESE TIMES?
Below are six examples of the types of equations the clock uses:
4 ÷ 2 + 4 hr, 7 + 44 - 9 min
34 - 18 hr, 7 × 2 + 23 min
6 × 2 hr, 9 - 2 × 4 min
2 × 4 + 3 hr, 8 ÷ 4 × 7 min
10 - 8 hr, 6 × 4 min
14 - 8 + 1 hr, 11 + 37 min
The Albert Clock is designed by Axel Schindlbeck, a lecturer in Product Design at ESADMM College of Art and Design in Marseille, and Fred Mauclere, a software engineer.
The duo created the hand-lacquered clock after more than £63,000 ($81,000) was crowdfunded to the project.
It comes in three colours – concrete grey, white and red.
So far, around 1,000 of the brain-teasing digital clocks have been sold around the world.
