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Mishmash 16 | 🕰 Corpus Clock | 🦷 Rebuilding Tooth Enamel | 🌍 Map by Language

Published almost 3 years ago • 1 min read

Happy Monday!

I hope you all are doing well and enjoying the summer heat!

📢 I have an article coming out Thursday on my site that will be diving into the framework I use for addressing creative problems whether it be for app designs, illustrations or even writing. I hope this can serve as a reference tool for any of your future creative endeavors!

Alright, let's get on to the Mishmash!


🕰 Corpus Clock

Also known as the grasshopper clock, this large metallic clock is located at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, UK.

🤯 The "time-eater" or the creepy grasshopper-like sculpture on the top is what actually keeps the clock going.

This is the largest physical clock that uses the grasshopper escapement method for keeping time. Below is an animation of how this mechanism works.

Over 200 people were involved in the development of this clock including, engineers, sculptors, scientists, and jewelers.

GIF-Animation of Grasshopper escapement, developed by John Harrison

🦷 Rebuilding Tooth Enamel

A team at the University of Washington has started clinical trials for a lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel. The lozenge contains a peptide that has been discovered to be one of the 'building blocks of tooth enamel'.

Here's a promising excerpt from their most recent post:

"Each lozenge deposits several micrometers of new enamel on the teeth via the peptide, which is engineered to bind to the damaged enamel to repair it while not affecting the mouth’s soft tissue. The new layer also integrates with dentin, the living tissue underneath the tooth’s surface. Two lozenges a day can rebuild enamel, while one a day can maintain a healthy layer. The lozenge – which can be used like a mint – is expected to be safe for use by adults and children alike."

🌍 Map by Language

This is the entire map of Africa divided by language and ethnicity. It's amazing how culturally diverse this continent is!

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💬 Quote

This quote is an excerpt from Twenty-four conversations with Borges where he discusses the artistic process:

"A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art."


And that’s it for the Monday Mishmash! Thank you for reading and see you next week for the upcoming edition! As always, if you enjoyed this, I’d love it if you shared it with a friend or two. (They can sign up at this link or feel free to share this email.

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