15% off a fantastic Vincero watch: Use the code "brainfood" @ https://vincerowatches.co→→Subscribe for new videos every day!
https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1
Follow Simon on social media:
https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler
https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/
Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week!
More from TodayIFoundOut:
Why Doesn't the U.S. Use the Metric System?
https://youtu.be/N0U-XEmKPKg
Can Shooting Plastic Explosive Really Set Them Off?
https://youtu.be/46I7VTaLM6Q
In this video:
The speaking clock is an idea that goes all the way back to 1933, when citizens of Paris were the recipients of the first such service. Since then, dozens of countries have implemented a similar system that the public can call to find out the exact time. In the UK, the service has a long and storied history and even today in the age of near ubiquitous smartphones and the internet it’s still called an astounding thirty million times per year.
Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/07/uk-speaking-clock/
Sources:
http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/time-frequency/time/faqs/what-is-the-accuracy-of-the-'speaking-clock'-(faq-time)
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/calling-time-a-history-of-the-speaking-clock-683753
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23814934
http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/speaking_clock.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14198506
https://web.archive.org/web/20100527143141/http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/BTsHistory/History.htm
http://home.bt.com/news/bt-life/history-of-bt/a-short-history-of-telecommunications-in-the-uk-11363870786446
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_clock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Cain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cobby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Mendes_da_Costa
