Technology

The Antikythera – a 2000 year old computer!

From second-century BC Greece, the Antikythera is a mechanical computer that, in terms of complexity, was 1,500 years ahead of …Read the Rest

A story with some currency today but really incredible. After all the fuss about the use of plastics and the …Read the Rest

American pilot Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier on 14th October, 1947. Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane, …Read the Rest

By 2010 we will all be using 1.1 Terrabytes per month!

By 2010 the average household will be using 1.1 terabytes  of bandwidth a month (that’s roughly equal to 1,000 copies …Read the Rest

It’s been revealed that several laser printer manufacturers cause their printers to print covert codes onto all documents. These codes …Read the Rest

Archaelogical findings confirm that the Aztecs DID know about wheels, but only used them on small toy-like animal figures, for …Read the Rest