Win a touchscreen watch in our time competition

Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV

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Think a ticking clock is an outdated way to depict time? Why not invent a more novel solution - and win this cool touchscreen watch, courtesy of TokyoFlash.

We want to hear your ideas for representing time using computer technology. Here's some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing.

Design consultancy BERG recently conceived a clock for robots that incorporates a dynamic, machine-readable symbol (see video above). By pointing a smartphone's camera at the code, you could automatically authenticate a location and time.

An iPhone app called Last Clock, created by designer Jussi ?ngeslev?, creates a clock face from slices of live video. Like an analog clock, it has three hands that scan the video feed with different refresh rates, creating a time-lapse that combines three different time resolutions (see video below).

For those who wish they could manipulate time, an iPad app called TimeController lets you recapture a fleeting moment. It contains a library of videos of moving objects, like a bursting water balloon or a crash between soap bubbles, that you can interact with by sliding your finger on the screen. An event can be replayed in slow motion, allowing you to focus on an instant that would be difficult to observe in real time, for example right after a water balloon bursts and droplets still hold the shape of the missing balloon..

Now it's your turn. Comment below to tell us your idea for representing time using computer technology to be in with a chance to win. A New Scientist panel of judges will select the best entry based on creativity and usefulness. Don't forget to enter your email address so that we can contact the winner.

You may also want to check out our recent special About time: Adventures in the fourth dimension as a source of inspiration.

Read on for full terms and conditions.

Terms and conditions

This competition is open to anyone aged 18 or over, except for employees of Reed Business Information Limited and their immediate families.

The competition question is: Can you invent a novel way to represent time using computer technology?

Prize is one Rogue Touch touchscreen watch. Prize(s) are non-transferable and non-divisable. Prizes cannot be exchanged.

You may enter as many times as you like. Entries must be submitted by a single individual via the commenting form below.

ALL entry methods need these points in addition to 1-4 above:

New Scientist shall not be responsible for technical errors in telecommunication networks, internet access or otherwise, preventing entry at this website.

Entries must be received by 00:00 BST 31 October 2011. No purchase is necessary. Entries will not be returned, nor will they be removed from the website once posted.

Every effort will be made to notify the winners by email by 18 November 2011. Winners must respond within 14 days or an alternative winner may be chosen.

Submitting your entry constitutes your consent for us to use your entry, name and photos for editorial or publicity purposes, should you be a winner.

The winner will be chosen by a judging panel which will be made up of New Scientist editors. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. A list of winners is available by writing to "New Scientist time competition", Lacon House, 84 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8NS, UK.

New Scientist reserves the right to change or withdraw the competition and/or prize at any time.

By entering the competition, entrants are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions.

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