• HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    On a high level, all simple machines.

    The wheel

    The lever

    The pulley

    Etc.

    All other machines (except maybe things like computer chips) are just a variation of simple machines, or a combination of them.

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        1 day ago

        Wheels are fundamentally the same, mechanically.

        How they’re made changes, and what they’re made of changes, but they are fundamentally the same mechanically for how they function

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          I would argue that Wi-Fi is also fundamentally the same as it was invented, it’s just network packets sent over high-frequency radio waves, but there has been a lot of changes in specifics. It’s the same for wheels, while the fundamental principle is the same, the differences between a wheel 4000 years ago and today are staggering.