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In the mid 1960s, Sony introduced the first Dream Machine. The basic idea was to use a radio program to wake up users more pleasantly, as many people found the loud mechanical alarm made by traditional alarm clocks disturbing. The use of direct-read digital display as opposed to a traditional clock dial gave the design a modernistic feel, which ...
A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops when reaching 00:00. A simple timer is an hourglass. Commonly, a timer triggers an alarm when it ends. A timer can be implemented through hardware or software . Stopwatches operate in the opposite direction, upwards from 00:00, measuring elapsed ...
A New York law allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot by mail was upheld Tuesday by the state’s highest court, which rejected a Republican challenge to the legislation. The 6-1 ruling ...
The original technique has six steps: [ 4] Decide on the task to be done. Set the Pomodoro timer (typically for 25 minutes). [ 1] Work on the task. End work when the timer rings and take a short break (typically 5–10 minutes). [ 5] Go back to Step 2 and repeat until you complete four pomodori. After four pomodori are done, take a long break ...
In the summer of 2008, ISIS magazine released The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: Volume 2. As with the first compilation, Volume 2 is a 2-CD set containing 52 selections from Season One of TTRH. The Ace set features a broader - and a better representative - mix of music from TTRH than either of the ISIS /Chrome Dreams compilations ...
Matt Damon recently said on the “Radio Times Podcast” (via People) that he “can’t imagine” having to deal with the scrutiny from the press that his friend and longtime collaborator Ben ...
An electric clock is a clock that is powered by electricity, as opposed to a mechanical clock which is powered by a hanging weight or a mainspring. The term is often applied to the electrically powered mechanical clocks that were used before quartz clocks were introduced in the 1980s. The first experimental electric clocks were constructed ...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Sunday dismissed Vice President Harris’s recent enthusiasm boost in the polls as a “honeymoon phase.” In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday ...