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05-24-2019, 11:00 PM | #1 | ||
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May 25th, 2019 : The da Vinci Car
Not a car type car, no provision for luxurious amenities like seats, but a self propelled vehicle car type car.
OK, a damn cart but self propelled... and history’s first programmable device. Quote:
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You can get a model kit on Amazon for $20 bucks. link link
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05-26-2019, 03:53 AM | #2 |
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I suspect this was designed to carry loads of stuff up a slope, maybe out of a mineshaft or up the ramp of a ship. Then, on the way back down to get another load, the spring would wind itself for the next trip up.
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05-26-2019, 04:10 AM | #3 |
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Likely it was designed to please a rich patron who were always looking to impress guests and one-up their peers. They're not sure one was actually built in his lifetime, although ones built later worked as promised.
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