Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Historical Gadgets

This is great, I love who we tend to assume we create everything.... 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. Wired put together a great list of gadgets, yes gadgets, that are just ancient and probably as useful today as they were then, well at least the Pot Still is.... I personally want to learn more about the 'The Baghdad Battery' from 250CE.

read more | digg story

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