Bezos builds world's largest clock on a mountain at a cost of $42 million

News from this website on November 30, according to the "Sun" report, the construction of the world's largest clock has begun, and its maker is one of the richest people in the world.

It is reported that the development cost of this project is as high as millions of dollars, and the total cost is about 42 million U.S. dollars (note on this site: currently about 300 million U.S. dollars Yuan), former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is the driving force behind the world’s largest clock. The clock is being built on a mountain owned by Bezos in west Texas, USA.

According to reports, the idea was allegedly proposed in 1995 by computer scientist and inventor Danny Hillis. The design of the clock is as follows: it ticks once a year and moves forward one space to represent a year; every 100 years, the hand representing the century moves forward one space; every 1,000 years, the cuckoo bird will come out to tell the time

# According to reports, the conceptualization of such a clock took decades before the design was finalized. Now, the components of the clock are being manufactured. When complete, the clock tower will be 152 meters tall and will be powered by the Earth's thermal cycle. Engineers also built room-sized anniversary chambers for 1, 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000-year anniversaries.

Netizens also have their own opinions on this news. One person wrote: “Maybe he can use that $42 million to install air conditioning in Amazon’s warehouses so his workers don’t pass out.” Another said: “This is what rich people do when they’re bored. ."

Since the construction work is taking place on a mountain, workers entered through tunnels within the mountain, and it is expected that the first visitors will arrive the same way.

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