Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest but most ingenious devices -- the astrolabe. With thousands of uses, from telling time to mapping the night sky, this old tech reminds us that the ancient can be as brilliant as the brand-new.
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Cool - I'll stick to the printed plastic ones though (but a cast bronze one would be nice on the shelf). That should go well with my averaging octant (strangely labeled as an "integrating sextant").