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People talk about rockets and computers, but to me atomic clocks are the pinnacle of human achievement. So many other technologies are built off of accurate tim
by Technically 6y ago
People talk about rockets and computers, but to me atomic clocks are the pinnacle of human achievement. So many other technologies are built off of accurate time measurement, and it's a very clever mechanism (at least the one in Boulder is that I'm aware of).
The semiconductor is pretty good, too, but not nearly as clever.
- dralley 6y agoA significant amount of the "cleverness" is in how semiconductors get made rather than the transistors themselves.
- Technically 6y agoYes, I meant this more about my appreciation of the clock rather than my ignorance of semiconductors and rockets, which I can assure you is massive.
- dredmorbius 6y agoPrecision is a phenomenal enabling technology of itself. In time, space, energy, matter (purity, dimensions), etc.