Comments on: What’s the Oldest Piece of Technology You Still Use Today? http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/05/whats_the_oldest_piece_of_technology_you_still_use_today-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:10:06 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David D. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/05/whats_the_oldest_piece_of_technology_you_still_use_today-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7409 David D. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:21:08 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/05/whats_the_oldest_piece_of_technology_you_still_use_today-2.html#comment-7409 <p>A rock and a crude dagger made out of a mammoth tusk.</p> <p>Seriously though I use a Black and Decker electric hedge trimmer (maybe not quite the tech you are looking for) I inherited from my Grandfather that must be 60 years old. Sure it weighs 10 times what you can get these days but it cuts through just about anything and is made of steel (not plastic) so it so you can drop it and run over it in your car and it just keeps going. </p> A rock and a crude dagger made out of a mammoth tusk.

Seriously though I use a Black and Decker electric hedge trimmer (maybe not quite the tech you are looking for) I inherited from my Grandfather that must be 60 years old. Sure it weighs 10 times what you can get these days but it cuts through just about anything and is made of steel (not plastic) so it so you can drop it and run over it in your car and it just keeps going.

]]> By: josef_stylin http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/05/whats_the_oldest_piece_of_technology_you_still_use_today-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7408 josef_stylin Fri, 16 May 2008 02:45:23 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/05/whats_the_oldest_piece_of_technology_you_still_use_today-2.html#comment-7408 <p>the wheel. Or a lever of some sort.</p> the wheel. Or a lever of some sort.

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