Last time, in Part One (Mechanical Clocks, Electricity, and Radio), we talked about the Abacus, the Chinese ‘Cosmic Engine’, the mysterious Antikythera mechanism, robots in early […]
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke As we approach the coming “Technological Singularity”, with the advent of Quantum Computing and […]
“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” – Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) Ever since the Wright Brothers’ first […]