print email comment close 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. 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