Medieval History
Workers at a Google data center combined 12 century know how and space age technology to trigger a medieval weapon that was used to hurl rocks, balls of fire and dead animals over castle walls.
They used an Android cellphone, a computer the size of a credit card and a Blue Tooth receiver to trigger the wooden weapon, known as a trebuchet, during the first "Storm the Citadel Trebuchet Competition" in Charleston over the weekend.
Click here to read this article from Reuters
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Medieval History
High tech gadgets used to trigger medieval weapon
Workers at a Google data center combined 12 century know how and space age technology to trigger a medieval weapon that was used to hurl rocks, balls of fire and dead animals over castle walls.
They used an Android cellphone, a computer the size of a credit card and a Blue Tooth receiver to trigger the wooden weapon, known as a trebuchet, during the first "Storm the Citadel Trebuchet Competition" in Charleston over the weekend.
Click here to read this article from Reuters
- Secret Passageways And Trebuchet Trick Shots: Medieval News Roundup
This week's news for medievalists features the mystery of how books were being stolen from a medieval monastery's library, and the plans to build an Anglo-Saxon house.[View the story "Secret Passageways and Trebuchet Trick Shots: Medieval News...
- Top 10 Strange Medieval Terms You've (probably) Never Heard Of
Most likely, you're aware that before it was a chemical to spray into the face of an evil-doer, "mace" was the name of a lethal medieval weapon. Unfortunately, today it's considered a bit of overkill to fight off a mugger or thief off with a blunt,...
- Medieval Tower Defense Game Migrates To The Mac
After wiping out small villages and kingdoms from your iPhone and iPad, you can finally go Medieval on your Mac. Brisk Mobile is bringing its tower defense game to the desktop via the Mac App Store. Medieval mixes elements of a role-playing game with...
- Stolen Lance Found In Bank Manager's Flat 20 Years On
A priceless lance stolen 20 years ago has been discovered in a bank manager?s flat. The medieval weapon was pilfered from at Kreuzenstein Castle near Leobendorf in the province of Lower Austria in 1990. Investigators, who never abandoned investigations...
- Medieval News: Oldish
A little old now, but I finally have had a little time to put together a list of news that I gathered almost two weeks ago. Hopefully the links are still active. The "Little" Medieval Warm Period in the Bahamas An Ancient Bath-house Dating Back to Byzantine...