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Is this a 16th-century smartphone?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
I suspect it’s a steampunk necronomicon.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
50kg flip book
Etterra@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’d a page comes loose it could chip your spectacles.
amio@kbin.social 2 weeks ago
I think the term "PDA" dates back to about then.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Personal …Dubious(…?) Assistant?
Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Position determinating assistant
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
How big is this thing? I have no sense of scale here.
CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
“Perhaps we could re-choreograph the dance so it wouldn’t be in danger of being knocked over?”
jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I thought I had volvelles in high school, but it just turned out to be a cold.
angrystego@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What are the blank pages for? Are you supposed to engrave your notes on them?
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
I was wondering that myself!
ItzzMe@midwest.social 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
even if it folds up a bit it still looks really bulky.
ech@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Dude, it’s technology from 500+ years ago. Give 'em a break
lugal@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
You can’t use it as a phone, so yes