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Is this a 16th-century smartphone?
Submitted 6 months ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Zerush@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Looks like a flip book made of gold. Flip those pages fast enough and it animated the stars moving across the sky!
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I suspect it’s brass or just gold plated. Gold on it’s own would not be particularly durable. Unless this was meant to be like those spinny clocks grandpa had on his window sill- purely decorative.
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I suspect it’s a steampunk necronomicon.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 months ago
50kg flip book
Etterra@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’d a page comes loose it could chip your spectacles.
amio@kbin.social 6 months ago
I think the term "PDA" dates back to about then.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Personal …Dubious(…?) Assistant?
Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Position determinating assistant
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 months ago
How big is this thing? I have no sense of scale here.
CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 6 months ago
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
“Perhaps we could re-choreograph the dance so it wouldn’t be in danger of being knocked over?”
jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I thought I had volvelles in high school, but it just turned out to be a cold.
angrystego@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What are the blank pages for? Are you supposed to engrave your notes on them?
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My guess would be to add area specific star patterns to make local traveling easier.
Like having a detail specific map for each specific point of interest.
ickplant@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I was wondering that myself!
ItzzMe@midwest.social 6 months ago
I wonder how the lunar volvelles worked
Sounds like it’s based on the moon obviously, so what happens if it’s below the horizon or in the new moon phase?
MakePorkGreatAgain@lemmy.basedcount.com 6 months ago
even if it folds up a bit it still looks really bulky.
ech@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Dude, it’s technology from 500+ years ago. Give 'em a break
lugal@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
You can’t use it as a phone, so yes