The ravenous locust has always freaked me out a bit. They just look nasty... and they are really spooky when they show up by the millions and decimate your crops.
Good thing the Corpus Clock's Chronophage is just one grasshopper. It's still damn mean nasty looking, and even more so once you realize that it's Chronophage name means "time-eater". It's a play on what is called the grasshopper escapement, apparently a major clock-making breakthrough in the 1700's.
The Wired magazine article about this caught my eye primarily due to the steampunkish design elements. They also have a cool video about the project.
The coolest part yet is that this clock can slow down, stop... and even run backwards. Now that would come in handy in these hectic days!
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