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Einstein Pedometer App Measures Relative Time Gain
cylonlover writes "Among other things, Einstein's theory of special relativity says that as an object's velocity increases, time as experienced by the object will slow down when compared to another object traveling at a lower velocity. This means that a 'relatively' short round trip on a space ship traveling at close to the speed of light would see you arrive home having aged less than those back on Earth. While the greater the velocities involved, the greater the effect, the theory applies to all relative movement. Now there's an iPhone app that will let you know just how many extra nanoseconds you've gained by getting moving as opposed to sitting on your rear end."
To beat you guys to first post. Bah!
It's actually a pedantometer.
It doesn't matter much how the time in your frame of reference relates to times of "stationary" observers; it's still the same amount of time for you.
True! But it does bring the future to you that much quicker. And let me tell you, from my perspective of a person from a few nanoseconds ago, the present-ne-future is an amazing place!
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