As I tried understanding the notion of Quaternion Algebra, use and formula's I ran into this TedxCern Video.

Well above my head, but seemed interesting.......

kv

 

We will have to wait.

 

Excuse me... but your cat-clock is broken... it's not moving its eyes!

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Excuse me... but your cat-clock is broken... it's not moving its eyes!

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The wait is over.

 

As I tried understanding the notion of Quaternion Algebra, use and formula's I ran into this TedxCern Video.

Well above my head, but seemed interesting.......

kv

Nice talk but as usual with most TED Talks, it's a mixture of good food and dog crap.

 

Nice talk but as usual with most TED Talks, it's a mixture of good food and dog crap.

It felt like that toward the end, but some of it was at the beginning.

kv

 

Excuse me... but your cat-clock is broken... it's not moving its eyes!

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Hi,

Wow, i havent seen one of those clocks since i was very very young.

But just one thing, arent the eyes supposed to go OPPOSITE to the tail swing?
In other words, when the tail swings left, the eyes move right, and when tail right then eyes left.
Also, not quite as fast maybe once per second in each direction.

 

But just one thing, arent the eyes supposed to go OPPOSITE to the tail swing?
In other words, when the tail swings left, the eyes move right, and when tail right then eyes left.
Also, not quite as fast maybe once per second in each direction.

Apparently, it depends on the model.

 

https://kit-cat.com/

1932
In 1932, during the height of The Great Depression, the Kit-Cat® Clock was first invented in a small Oregon town by designer Earl Arnault (1904-1971). With his signature wagging tail, rolling eyes, and contagious smile; Kit-Cat inspired joy during one of America’s roughest patches.

1930s
In the 1930s, the Allied Clock Company was founded in Portland Oregon to manufacture these uniquely animated pendulum clocks. The first models of Kit-Cat were made with metal but Allied Clock soon adopted the increasingly popular method of plastic molding and moved to Seattle, WA.

Find the Kit-Cat

Find the electronic device from Dr. Strangelove.

Spoiler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRM_114_(fictional_device)

 

Hi,

Yes, see in that video just after 1:05 the black cat clock tall goes opposite to the eyes and about once per second, and the green cat tail does the same thing. So when tail right, eyes left, and vice versa

The camera should have been zoomed out a little more there too for the shots of those clocks to get the full effect of those kind.

 

I ran across this video, 1hr 23minutes long. If you have the time to kill, I think it's worth it. Especially, for people like me who know little to nothing about physics etc.

I actually learned a few things that were a mystery.

kv