IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This set of ten steel tuning forks ...

In a curious inquiry, a reader sparks a cosmic conversation by questioning whether a tuning fork struck in the void of space could forever produce vibrations. Is that possible? Before we delve into ...

Long before Apple, Garmin, Timex and Casio, Accutron invented the world’s first fully electronic watch. In 1960, Bulova’s subsidiary introduced the Spaceview with a Tuning Fork movement, which used a ...

[Willem Koopman aka Secretbatcave] was looking at a master clock he has in his collection which was quite a noisy device, but wanted to use the matching solenoid slave clock mechanism he had to hand.

Our understanding of how stars evolve has been shaken up by astronomers who have been listening to the "song" sung by a nearby star. While the movement of celestial bodies might not quite play the ...

Caltech (California Institute of Technology) researchers have developed a hybrid quantum memory that stores information from superconducting qubits as sound, significantly extending storage time. They ...

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In 1960, Accutron introduced the first entirely electronic watch with the Tuning Fork movement, a design so complex it hasn’t been reproduced until now. Every product is carefully selected by our ...