the whole “good things come in small packages” thing is relatively recent [1877], and it’s only in the last 40 years or so that we could really say the same thing about technology. i’ve been sitting on a few great blog posts for the last while now that really show off some of these bigger, and awesome machines that we (as humanity) came up with:
Punch Tape Programmable Metal Mill from 1952
The Machines That Made The Jet Age
Early Russian Hydraulic Computer
Analog Tide Computers and the D-Day Invasion
but then again, some machines haven’t gotten much smaller…
Gorgeous 1940s Lathe Restoration
Tags: amazing, technology
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June 9, 2014 at 3:43 pm |
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