Theory of Relativity

I found this Hulu.com documentary on black holes that mentions relativity and how light and time bend in response to the gravitational pull of the black hole.

I found this article on relativity, which describes how light is a constant speed in a vacuum, such as space, and is a physical boundary of motion for objects. That is, it is not possible to move faster than the speed of light.

For humans viewing something moving at the speed of light, we perceive that something moving much slower than it really is – which makes sense if you consider that an airplane flying far away in the sky appears to be moving quite slowly when we logically know it’s moving quite fast.

Tactile Assistive Watch

For our first Time assignment, Alex Vessels and I prototyped the design of a watch that is intended to be used for a blind person. We thought about a few different implementations of this design, but Alex and I decided to go with a design that incorporates Braille numbers since it seemed simple and uncomplicated to use. Our design features two rows of ball bearings that rise and lower, according to the corresponding Braille number and time. In order to tell the time, the blind person presses a button on the side of the watch, which causes the balls to rise, according to the current time, for 30 seconds at a time.

Braille numbers: