Julien Coyne invented a digital sundial. Sundials usually cast a line or triangle to indicate the hour. This one is designed so that when light passes through, it displays the shapes of numbers. And it works perfectly!
Story by Jacob Shamsian, editing by Stephen Parkhurst
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