Introducing the WNDSN Angular Size Pendant
BERLIN, 2017-07-27 - Draw knowledge from centuries past, and pass on as heirloom to future generations.
Introducing the next product in our line of metrology tools, the WNDSN XPD Angular Size Pendant revives ancient technologies in a low tech, high value instrument.
Inspired by the medieval Kamal, a celestial navigation tool that greatly facilitated latitude sailing, the WNDSN XPD Angular Size Pendant fixates the distance to the measuring scale by way of creating a necklace that is holding the scales at a set distance, thus enabling accurate measurements.
The scales on the pendant are calculated in a way that enables the user to measure one-handed, no further setup required other than wearing the pendant around their neck. The pendant subtends angular sizes of up to 13° with a precision of 0.2° or 12 arcminutes.
The slightly larger than dog tag-sized angular size brass pendant is handmade and manufactured in the spirit of astronomical instruments of the age of discovery, built by the likes of Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Gemma Frisius. The scales are precision-cut into 3 mm thick rigid metal. The WNDSN maker's mark proudly adorns the device; scientific instructions in reminiscence of the spacecraft’s Voyager Golden record are engraved and supplemented by a printed how-to. Made in Germany.
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About WNDSN
Based in Berlin, WNDSN's Applied Science Lab develops and manufactures low-tech, high-utility tools and instruments with the objective of providing or enhancing "that, which can’t be improvised" in low-probability, high-impact scenarios where it is most needed, yet usually unavailable or non-permissive. The resulting products are measurement, calculation, and exploration instruments informed by the motto "Ex Mensura, Scientia" -- knowledge from measurement.
Mission
WNDSN [ˈwɪndsən] provides knowledge and tools for educating and training professionals and enthusiasts in the mastery of time and space.
WNDSN is devising instruments to measure values in the real world, calculate meaningful results from the acquired data, and process the insights as input for various problem solving tasks.
Products
WNDSN produces archival quality products that are designed with intent by combining techniques proven over centuries, bringing together the early history of science with cutting-edge, contemporary methods, resulting in iconic, timeless, high-utility designs in the spirit of the Renaissance.
WNDSN creates custom-built instruments and multi-purpose tools, metrology and illumination solutions with applications in urban reconnaissance, hostile theaters, disaster areas, and outdoor exploration.