These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...

The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that ...

A rare glimpse into the Natufian culture and the transition from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one.

The 2nd annual Omaha Mini Maker Faire wasn’t our first rodeo, but it was nonetheless a bit surprising . Before we even made it inside to pay our admission to the Omaha Children’s Museum, I ...

A fixture within the anchorages called a strand shoe was used to secure the "dead wire" while a spinning wheel, or sheave, pulled a "live wire" across the bridge. Once it reached the opposite ...

This is effected by a combination of geared wheels, which so connect the revolving ... by which the final twist is given and it is wound on the bobbin. Any number of heads and drawing rollers ...

Instead of being wound upon a reel at this point these delicate threads are dropped over a bobbin or pulley wheel into a small hole in the top of a rapidly revolving spinning box. This box turns ...

BAFTA award-winning Michael McIntyre hosts the exciting Saturday-night game show packed with huge stars, big laughs and a colossal spinning wheel! The game couldn’t be simpler: Three contestants ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The earliest known definitive appearance of the spinning wheel in the historical record ... spun yarn must be periodically ...