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METRIC 20 Mark I |
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Mark I released 1st July 2010
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The
METRIC 20
challenges us to think again about one of the most
pervasive frameworks that govern our lives – time. METRIC 20 is an analogue
clock that divides a day into twenty periods of time rather than twenty four,
giving us a decimal model of time – hours become crons, and minutes become
centicrons. It has hands presented in gold. Numerals and tick marks are in
white on a black background. The time displayed by the clock is taken
directly from the time on your computer. Placing your cursor in the hand
hub and clicking will bring up the information panel.
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The
METRIC 20 Mark I
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The existing time framework represents a paradigm that
helps us to organise our lives so that we can work, rest and play. But at
the same time, is this framework now holding us back? As we move forward,
the METRIC 20 challenges us to consider whether we need to re-think the time
framework to make the future a better place. Would a “lunch-cron” be better
than a “lunch-hour”. Would working four eight-cron days out of seven be
better than five eight-hours days? A cron is one hour, twelve minutes.
A centicron is 0.72 of a minute or just over 43 seconds. And a decimal
clock allows you to express time with a decimal point that is genuinely
meaningful.
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