come home to viewA compass that does n’t take a magnetic acerate leaf ? That might sound unimaginable , but the ancient Chinese worked out how to make one 4500 years ago . Now you could make one too — from Lego bricks .
ascertain the telecasting above to find out more about the gadget and see New Scientist ’s Sean O’Neill work up one out of standard Lego piece . If you ’d wish to make one of your own , we ’ve prepared astep - by - stone’s throw guideandparts list ; or you may buya kitfrom a UK - based Lego shop on the website Bricklink .
Clockwork reconstructions of computing twist are all the rage at the second – readour article about Andrew Carol ’s Lego Babbage engineor find out another of his creations , a Lego Reconstruction Period of the enigmatic Antikythera chemical mechanism , in activity below .
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Thanks to Andrew Carol for the chariot design , and Nick Barnes for compose kits of Lego voice on Bricklink .
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