In today's modern world, we live with technological advances that would have seemed like sorcery only a hundred years ago.

Yet, despite all our cell phones and smart cars, there are still things from the past that leave us with more questions than answers.

Let's investigate some amazing technology from the past that we still can replicate.

You're listening. You're listening.

You're listening to be amazed.

Technology wasn't always touch screens, buttons, and LEDs.

Technology is a broad term encapsulating anything that transfers our knowledge and observations

into practical uses. Therefore, past tech could be as simple as preservation chemicals,

plant-based medicine, or even a tangle of sticks.

The fascinating navigation technology of wave piloting is just that, an ancient art

known only to natives of the Marshall Islands, using little more than bound sticks and honed

instincts. Developed over 2,000 years ago, these odd devices allowed ancient Marshallese seafarers

to navigate with surprising accuracy on long journeys in the

Central Pacific Ocean without needing to see their destination islands. But without compasses

or even the use of stars or the sun as guidance, how did wave piloting work? Wave piloting

technology was made possible through stick charts called Rebellib and a person's learned sensitivity

to the ocean. To learn this art, the Marshallese would sail between islands blindfolded

using subtle changes in the wind and waves to guide them. Once a pilot was sufficiently sensitive

to the ocean, the Rebellib would guide them for long

voyages between islands.

The Rebellib looks like a map made out of sticks showing all the geography or land masses

of a certain area.

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