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Frequency and timing expert David Chandler explores the atomic clock's role in the fight against latency.

It's a pretty amazing place. >> being the second gentleman means living here at the u.s. naval observatory built in 1893. this is run by the navy. >> yeah. this is owned by the navy, and it was the home of the head admiral of the navy for all that time up until 1977 when the vice president's families started living here. and we're on a naval base. a working naval base. most of which is the atomic clock where they keep the exact time of the united states. >> we went for a tour of the grounds steeped in history. >> so on my left is one of my favorite things. >> the swing? >> it's a swing, and th...

Naval observatory built in 1893. this is run by the navy. >> yeah. this is owned by the navy and it was the home of the head admiral of the navy for all that time up until 1977 when the vice president's families started living here and we're on a naval base. this is a working naval base, most of which is the atomic clock where they keep the exact time of the united states. >> we went for a tour of the grounds steeped in history. >> so on my left is one of my favorite things. >> the swing? >> it's a swing and there's a plaque and it says, "joe loves jill." i have never sat on it because i don't...

Welcome to the exciting news - hour of radio one. everybody else finds it a bit weird that i like them but i do. i love them. on my programmes, i used to promote them, particularly as my favourite pip is always the last one because it is slightly extended. it is very bbc but they were very useful at one time because before all of these smart watches you would just have an ordinary watch which used to probably lose a minute a day or something like that. so i used to set my watch by the pips. nowadays of course with the smart watches and things like that you don't need it quite so much but it is...

Very useful at one time because before all of these smart watches you would just have an ordinary watch which used to probably lose a minute a day or something like that. so i used to set my watch by the pips. nowadays of course with the smart watches and things like that you don't need it quite so much but it is still very bbc and i still like it, i wouldn't want to see it disappear. archive: and off we go with | the next one and what a lovely sound this is as well. the original clock that kept the time still sits in the in the museum at the royal 0bservatory. in the 60s, though, an atomic cl...