The clock that won't lose a second in five BILLION years - and is so sensitive it shows how gravity

UK Daily Mail ^ | November 4, 2014 | Mark Prigg

[C19fan]

A new record-breaking atomic clock is so precise it neither loses nor gains a second in five billion years - longer than the age of the Earth. The 'strontium lattice clock' is 50% more accurate than the previous record holder, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) quantum logic clock. Researchers say the clock is so accurate, it can even reveal the effect gravity has on time.

[catman67]

I’ll wait for the wristwatch version.

[chajin]

That must tick off the Rolex people.

[Still Thinking]

Oh, the iAtomClock?

[Vermont Lt]

It is perfect. Until someone makes a second one.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Does it adjust for the tidal forces that are constantly slowing the rotation of the earth?

[Yo-Yo]

And it’s still set five minutes late...

[fulltlt]

Does it have Nixie tubes?

[NCC-1701]

Get one of those to obama so he can be on time for his next presser.

[MrB]

Best post.

Reminds me of the joke about the mom who gave her son two shirts. When he wore one of them to show her his appreciation, she asked “what, don’t you like the other one?”

[NCC-1701]

I am curious. How would watches that can synch up to WWV work in space? Would they ever pick up the signal or would they become just an ordinary timepiece?

[Sacajaweau]

Does it set itself back in the fall and ahead in the spring though?

[Nowhere Man]

Bookmark bump

[Fresh Wind]

How do you set a clock like that?

[Yo-Yo]

[Fresh Wind]

[Dark Knight]

We still have leap years...leap seconds...etc.

It’s a very accurate clock. But at 5 billion years, no one knows what it is referring to (aside from other clocks).

DK

[Ghost of SVR4]

The only Achilles heel to this clock is its components won’t last 5 Billion years.

[Fightin Whitey]

[envisio]

Why?