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The Way Things Work

techcrunch.com (11 months and 8 days ago)

Jun 16, 2012

Magic, they call it. And indeed we may add an appendix to that old saw: any sufficiently advanced, or sufficiently obscure, technology is indistinguishable from magic.You must know the story of the Mechanical Turk. How princes and tradesmen were amazed by this ingenious device's ability to play chess intelligently. In an age of steam and brass hinges! Yet at the time thousands were fooled. Had they known a bit more about machines, they might... full story

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washingtonexaminer.com (2 months and 6 days ago)

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forbes.com (3 months and 3 days ago)

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newsminer.com (3 months and 13 days ago)

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