What do you think people can do with LEGO bricks?
- A compass
- A computer
- A weaving machine
- Music
- All of the above
- Ian Baber built a south-pointing chariot, a chinese invention thousands of years ago
- Andrew Carol built a difference engine, a Charles Babbage invention
- Thomas Johnson built a knitting machine
- Henry Lim built a harpsichord
Source: Make: technology on your time
1 comments:
of course my chariot isn't really a compass, though some of the first westerners to see the chinese south pointing chariot assumed it was internaly controlled by "loadstone" or magnetic rock used at the time in compases.
Though I have to say Andrew Carol's difference engine is really amazing.
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