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2,000-Year-Old Machine That Baffles ScientistsDiscovered in a Roman-era shipwreck, the Antikythera mechanism features gears and precision rivaling modern clocks. Its ...
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The so-called Antikythera mechanism, recovered from the wreckage of an ancient cargo ship off the coast of Antikythera Island in Greece, might be the world's oldest analog computer. The mystery ...
The Antikythera mechanism is over 2,000 years old. Who built this device, and why, and how do we know? What's its purpose, and how does it function? And is it really even a computer at all?
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical analog computer (as opposed to digital computer) designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in the Antikythera wreck off the ...
Google's D oodle is celebrating the Antikythera mechanism, which might just be the first computer. But it might not. The mechanism was found in 1902 – exactly 115 years ago – and the discovery ...
Even though the two thousand year-old Antikythera Mechanism has been touted as the world’s first computer, its true function was arguably that of the world’s first ‘STEM’ project.
Antikythera Shipwreck Excavation Recovers Priceless Bronze Arm From Ancient Greek Wreckage Published Oct 04, 2017 at 3:05 PM EDT Updated Oct 04, 2017 at 6:21 PM EDT ...
Today's Google Doodle marks the 115th anniversary of the unearthing of the Antikythera Mechanism, a device used by the Ancient Greeks to chart the progress of the planets across the zodiac. The ...
A famed Roman shipwreck, from the first century B.C., resting off the Greek Island of Antikythera may be two sunken ships. Here, scientist divers explore the wreck site in the strait between Crete ...
More than 2,000 years ago, a Roman vessel brimming with innumerable artifacts and devices, including what’s been described as world’s oldest computer, drowned in the crystalline waters off of ...
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