The lathe is known as the King of Machine Tools for a reason. There are very few things that you can’t make with one. In fact, people love to utter the old saw that the lathe is the only machine ...

The war against the machines lasted for 100 years but how they got there - and even what constitutes a "thinking machine" - isn't really explained. Below, we break down the history of how humanity ...

Simon Speed, CC0. The history of machine tools stretches back into antiquity, in that simple lathes have been found in the archeological record of several regions of the world.

Catalan poet and theologian Ramon Llull perfected in 1308 his method of using paper-based mechanical means to create new knowledge from combinations of concepts.

52 Episodes Weapons of War - A History of Military Tools and Machines Season 1 aired on January 2nd, 2006.