58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL vending machines were invented in the 1st century AD, and accepted coins in exchange for wine or holy wateren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL vending machines were invented in the 1st century AD, and accepted coins in exchange for wine or holy wateren.wikipedia.org58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoGreeks created programmable robots, powered by string.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThey beat Ada Lovelace? Citation needed.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoPlot twist: Lovelace has that name because she was another rope-powered robot!
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIts the same inventor as this machine, referred to as the Hero of Alexandria. Largely they were complex theater puppets. Coincidentally I ran into it reading up on automata in mythology today. I’ll add my favorite bit of ancient technology here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
minus-squaretoynbee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoHiro Protagonist, presumably.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoLmfao I probably should know that thank you
Greeks created programmable robots, powered by string.
They beat Ada Lovelace? Citation needed.
Plot twist: Lovelace has that name because she was another rope-powered robot!
Its the same inventor as this machine, referred to as the Hero of Alexandria. Largely they were complex theater puppets.
Coincidentally I ran into it reading up on automata in mythology today.
I’ll add my favorite bit of ancient technology here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
His name is Hero
Hiro Protagonist, presumably.
Heros are delicious
Lmfao I probably should know that thank you