The Shadoof: Simple Engineering to Funky Music

I love simple engineering, so when I came across this 'shadoof', a machine developed many centuries ago (not in the Middle Ages as I mistakenly put in the video) for raising water e.g. into irrigation channels, I couldn't resist filming it in action (electrically assisted). It had been constructed at the Château du Clos Lucé in France, the final residence of Leonardo da Vinci, in a garden filled with re-creations of his inventions. After thinking about what sort of music to put with the film, I went for Kevin Macleod's funky 'There It Is'! See what you think.

[@billbrown994]

Only simple after one sees it. And actually over 3000 years old.

[@tiaxanderson9725]

Not 3000, but since 3000 BCE, so already 5000 years old. Apparently the ancient Mesopotamians used it to irrigate water from the river Tirgis

[@angrystuff9088]

A team vibes