Long before Spanish colonization, the indigenous people of Peru kept track of important dates and numbers, and perhaps even stories, using a mysterious coding system of strings and knots called a ...
An Inca quipu (khipu) used for storing data with a system of knots. 15th century CE. Larco Museum, Lima. Credit: Claus Ableiter (CC BY-SA) An Inca quipu (khipu) used for storing data with a system of ...
Long before computers existed, the Inca people collected data and kept records using knotted strings known as quipu. That technology has inspired a new system for assessing gastrointestinal problems, ...
Researchers have designed a new device that could offer a cheaper and easier-to-manufacture alternative to existing diagnostics for GI dysmotility, inspired by the ancient Incan technology of quipu, ...
Hace más de cinco siglos, alguien cortó cuidadosamente mechones de su propio cabello y los tejió en un intrincado sistema de cuerdas anudadas. Este acto, en apariencia simple, podría revolucionar ...
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