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Many of the technologies we take for granted go back hundreds or thousands of years

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Many of the technologies you take for granted as modern devices from the past few decades have a more historical origin than first meets the eye.

The fax machine is much older than you may realize.

The Antikythera Mechanism was found in one of the most fascinating shipwrecks off the Greek island of AntikyThera in 1901 .

The Telharmonium synthesizer is the granddaddy of electronic instruments.

The Kettering Aerial Torpedo Bug first appeared circa 1917 in the heat of World War I.

The Telharmonium weighed 200 tons , had eight metal pipes, 144 alternators, 2,000 switches, 672 keys, and 336 sliders.

The first instance of voice identification goes back to at least 1908 with the Countersign Phonograph Lock .

The earliest recorded flame thrower was built over a thousand years ago by the Byzantine Empire during the 7th century .

Byzantine ship-mounted flame throwers with Greek fire remain a fascinating, terrifying chapter in history.

The IXI System was the brainchild of Englishmen Kane Kramer and James Campbell in 1979 .

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