When you think of open-source hardware, you probably think of electronics and maker tools– RepRap, Arduino, Adafruit, et cetera. Yet open source is an ethos and license, and is in no way limited to ...

What is it about mechanical clocks? Maybe it’s the gears, or the soft tick-tocking that they make? Or maybe it’s the pursuit of implausible mechanical perfection. Combine mechanical clocks with “free” ...

The familiar tick-tock of wall clocks originates from the escapement mechanism, which controls gear movement in precise steps ...

The tick-tick sound comes from the movement of gears and parts inside the clock. In mechanical clocks, a part called the ...