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This Programmable 6,000-Part Drawing Boy Automata is Arguably the First Computer and It Was Built 240 Years Ago

November 5, 2013This Programmable 6,000-Part Drawing Boy Automata is Arguably the First Computer and It Was Built 240 Years Ago
155 Years Before the First Animated Gif, Joseph Plateau Set Images in Motion with the Phenakistoscope

October 17, 2013155 Years Before the First Animated Gif, Joseph Plateau Set Images in Motion with the Phenakistoscope
Secret Fore-Edge Paintings Revealed in Early 19th Century Books at the University of Iowa

September 2, 2013Secret Fore-Edge Paintings Revealed in Early 19th Century Books at the University of Iowa
A 102-Year-Old Transport Ship Sprouts a Floating Forest

June 3, 2013A 102-Year-Old Transport Ship Sprouts a Floating Forest