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🌱 Science and Society - The Need for Precise Time
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In sports
Devices record events down to one-thousandth of a second (a millisecond) to find race winners. -
In medicine
ECG machines measure millisecond changes in heartbeats. -
In music
Digital recordings capture sound thousands of times per second. -
In smartphones and computers
Signals are processed in microseconds (one-millionth of a second).
The faster our clocks become, the more they help society.
