AI is giving software its quartz moment
Blog AI is giving software its quartz moment CN Camilo Nova Camilo Nova CEO 8 min read. On Christmas Day in 1969, Seiko released a watch that looked nothing like the beginning of an industrial collapse.The Quartz Astron 35SQ came in an eighteen-karat gold case and cost ¥450,000, more than many popular cars in Japan at the time. Its development team had produced only 20 watches by December.This was not a cheap watch for the masses.
- ▪Blog AI is giving software its quartz moment CN Camilo Nova Camilo Nova CEO 8 min read.
- ▪On Christmas Day in 1969, Seiko released a watch that looked nothing like the beginning of an industrial collapse.The Quartz Astron 35SQ came in an eighteen-karat gold case and cost ¥450,000, more than many popular cars in Japan at the time
- ▪Its development team had produced only 20 watches by December.This was not a cheap watch for the masses.
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Blog AI is giving software its quartz moment CN Camilo Nova Camilo Nova CEO 8 min read. On Christmas Day in 1969, Seiko released a watch that looked nothing like the beginning of an industrial collapse.The Quartz Astron 35SQ came in an eighteen-karat gold case and cost ¥450,000, more than many popular cars in Japan at the time. Its development team had produced only 20 watches by December.This was not a cheap watch for the masses. It was an expensive technological demonstration.Inside it, however, was a completely different way to tell time.Instead of relying on a carefully assembled system of springs, wheels, jewels, and escapements, the Astron used a battery, an integrated circuit, a small motor, and a quartz crystal vibrating 8,192 times per second.It was accurate to within five…
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