Open AI’s ChatGPT is many a variety of information and headlines lately, so I believed to see if this highly effective expertise might advance horology by asking it to, “Give me 10 astronomical problems for wristwatches that haven’t been invented but.”

Spacetime warped by the earth’s gravity causes time dilation on GPS satellites
That is what it advised:
As an AI language mannequin, I don’t have private preferences or beliefs. Nevertheless, I can give you 10 hypothetical astronomical problems for wristwatches that haven’t been invented but:
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Gravitational wave detector: A watch that may detect gravitational waves and show their depth and frequency.
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Neutron star magnetometer: A watch that may measure the magnetic subject of a neutron star and show it on the dial.
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Exoplanet tracker: A watch that may monitor the place of exoplanets and show their orbital path.
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Cosmic ray detector: A watch that may detect cosmic rays and show their depth.
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Darkish matter detector: A watch that may detect darkish matter and show its density.
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Gamma-ray burst detector: A watch that may detect gamma-ray bursts and show their depth and length.
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Quantum entanglement clock: A watch that makes use of quantum entanglement to maintain good time, no matter its location or motion.
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Black gap simulator: A watch that may simulate the gravitational results of a black gap and show its distortion of space-time.
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Time dilation monitor: A watch that may measure the results of time dilation and show the distinction in time between two areas.
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Cosmic microwave background radiation detector: A watch that may detect cosmic microwave background radiation and show its temperature and frequency.
I’ve to confess, that the solutions have been extra bold than I used to be anticipating and I used to be after problems moderately than detectors, however there are a variety of ingenious watchmakers on the market so who is aware of.

Time dilation resulting from velocity and gravity on the GPS satellites (picture courtesy P. Fraundorf/Wikipedia)
My favourite of the ten was the ‘time dilation monitor’. Time dilation is the distinction within the elapsed time measured by two clocks because of the clocks having completely different velocities and/or completely different gravitational forces. A clock touring very quick ticks slower relative to a stationary observer, and a clock experiencing the next gravitational pressure ticks slower relative to 1 with a weaker gravitational pressure.
The atomic clocks on GPS satellites lose seven microseconds per day relative to atomic clocks on earth resulting from their excessive relative velocity. However additionally they achieve 45 seven microseconds per day relative to atomic clocks on earth resulting from their (comparatively) weaker gravity by being farther from the mass of the earth. Which means that they achieve (45-7) 38 microseconds per day relative to atomic clocks on earth. If that wasn’t taken under consideration (and it’s), our GPS navigation techniques can be out round 10 kilometers a day.
The newest era of optical atomic clocks can measure the distinction in time resulting from gravity between clocks positioned only one stair above the opposite. Your head is ageing sooner than your ft!
To make a time dilation monitor that may measure the results of time dilation and show the distinction in time between two areas (velocities/gravitational fields) we’d like to have the ability to instantaneously and reliably show the relative time on the different location. And the one manner I can assume that’s potential is by utilizing quantum entanglement.
MB&F, Urwerk, Andreas Strehler, De Bethune and Christiaan van der Klaauw, the ball is in your court docket!
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