Ancient Technologies That Were WAY Ahead Of Their Time

Coming up are some ancient technologies that were WAY ahead of their time!

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[leonlim]

Actually, before Heron of Alexandra invented the steam power, there was a Greek engineer which invented the first steam power in 3rd century bc which his name is Archimedes. He invented a canon that uses hydro steam power.

[AlanTuringWannabe]

Our ancestors weren't dummies or slackers. Awesome stuff.

[Indra]

Man shout out to my man Heron. Think of what things would be like if he was taken seriously. I'd like to go back in time, grab him, and show him what the future is like.

[richardlew]

Imagine if these inventors had access to our resources

[rehenumasultanabhuiyan]

It's great to see how advanced humans have become in the past century

[y_fam_goeglyd]

Ctestibius' version of the klepsydra was a major improvement on the previous ones, because of the way he created it. The older ones weren't exactly accurate when it came to the right amount of time going through. It was used to time speeches in court. To give both sides equal time, water would run through the first half, a plug would be put in, and removed when the second speaker was ready. But because there was more air pressure above the water in the bottom half of the "bucket", the second speaker (defence IIRC), didn't get quite as much time. So he created one which would do its job in exactly the same time for both.

Heron was a true genius. He knew a lot about steam power, and very nearly invented the steam engine. Had he been around in the 17th century, he could have been the inventor of the first one. (Btw, there wouldn't have been any women and children, especially girls, allowed at the temple. The Greeks were ahead in many ways, but the Athenian in particular were incredibly sexist!) Edit: I beat you to it lol. Unfortunately he never took the next step. Imagine if he had?

[machstormer]

On the subject of alarm clocks, In some ancient countries, pins/rods/pebbles were inserted/impressed into the side of candles. When the candle melted enough, the object would fall and strike a bell/plate/etc.

[makutamon]

We should have a second part, because Leonardo da Vinci was also ahead of his time, thought mostly in his private notebooks.

[ikeyshuster]

Its impressive to think how much time went into research when making this video. They not only had to compile a list of ancient fascinating inventions, they also took the time to lean how they work sufficiently enough to explain it. 👍🏻

[the_pollo]

"Some people say it was aliens who caused it"

Archeologists: Well yes, but no

[navret]

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke

[giorgosgalanos]

There is the "museum of ancient greek technology" in Athens Greece that It presents all these technologies. There are also videos on Youtube about this museum.

[GeneralSic]

The Roman moving Statue. On a shipwreck, off of the coast of Italy, a Roman vessel was discovered. A statue was discovered to have the ability to slowly move about the ship. I forget the method, but it was still way ahead of it's time.

[melodyofloveinblood]

If any thing that is not used today to its full potential, than it is humanity itself

[FiveFootPerimeter]

When it comes to vending machines, Japan took the automat to new levels. Although now electric vending is the way maybe going back to the pull your selection or manually spin to selection and slide open the see thru door is something we could go back to in order to save energy. I guess refrigeration is an issue but many products don't require it.

[WilliamRWarrenJr]

Heng's dragon/frog earthquake detector was *SO* clever that once the first ball dropped, it locked all the rest in place. Amazing!

[advanced]

the history of the humanity is incredible ...

[presidentkiller]

I've read somewhere that the loss of the original Library of Alexandria is what set humanity back centuries in knowledge of pretty much anything. We probably could have hoverboards and beds like in the "Elysium" movie, where you can be healed from pretty much anything, among other things by now.

[jasinere]

21:49 this steam engine was also used to de-water mines, tunnels & to pump water into treatment works aswell as the things already mentioned

[TheDarbydoo]

The water clock reminded me of a candle that could track time I saw in an old history textbook when I was younger.