26 February 2007
01 February 2007
Buy.com - Anything. Anytime. Anywhere. - Computers, Digital Cameras, Books, DVDs, & much more
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31 January 2007
BBC NEWS | Wales | Teen inventor creates 'mouse mitt'
Tobias set about devising a glove to attach to a mouse-like device, which allows the hand to move through the air, as sensors send messages to the computer.
29 January 2007
MuslimHeritage.com - Topics
Al-Jazari was the most outstanding Mechanical Engineer of his time. His full name was Badi Al-Zaman AbulI-Ezz Ibn Ismail Ibn Al-Razzaz Al-Jazari and he lived in Diyar-Bakir (in Turkey) during the 6th century AH (12th century CE).
Al Jazari and the History of the Water Clock
Al Jazari and the History of the Water Clock :Al-Jazari’s full name is given at the start of his book[1] He was al-Shaykh Ra’is al-A’mal Badi’ al-Zaman Abu al-‘Izz ibn Isma’il ibn al-Razzaz al
28 January 2007
CTESIBUS : Timeline of Robotics part 1
270 BC Ctesibus ('ti sib ee uhs') Alexandria designs water clock.Water clocks are a big breakthrough for timepieces. Up until then the Greeks used hour glasses that had to be turned over, after all the sand ran through. Ctesibus' invention changes this be
Antikythera Mechanism FIRST Analog computer
Antikythera mechanism is the earliest known mechanical analog computer. It was designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in 1901 in the Antikythera wreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, between Kythera and Crete, and has been da
27 January 2007
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