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History's Greatest Gadgets
URL: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/02/historys-greate/

Description:
"It's not all about circuits, silicon and stock options: mankind's been making technology since the dawn of time. Here's ten of the most wonderful gadgets from centuries -- and millenia -- past." Includes brief discussion and images of gadgets such as the Antikythera Computer (1st century B.C., from Greece), The Turk and El Ajedrecista (chess-playing machines, the former hiding a human within it), and the pocket watch. From Wired magazine.

LII Topics: Innovations, Technology

Author:
Beschizza, Rob

Publisher:
CondéNet, Inc.

Extra Keywords
Condenet

LII Database Information:
Record 26647 created by Maria Brandt on 08/04/2008
Last modification on 11/01/2009
Published: 08/21/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26647

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