The escapement mechanism has been widely used for centuries in mechanical clocks. It is the mechanism by which a clock controls the release of stored energy, allowing it to advance in small, precise ...

Seiko Clock Co., Ltd. will begin selling the new product, Decor Seiko "Yukyu," a table clock that uses the principle of an escapement mechanism that is said to be the first in human history, from ...

Escapement mechanisms of clocks as a metaphor for protein function like Maxwell's demons. The Foliot swings back and forth like the pendulum in a clock. The essential features enabling time keeping ...

In the popular book The Demon in the Machine, physicist Paul Davies argues that what's missing in the definition of life is how biological processes create "information," and such information storage ...