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Re: The Antikythera mechanism

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One may wonder what these guys would and could do if they lived in our times.....


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The Antikythera mechanism
By: weco
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Fri, 26 Mar 21 2:39 AM
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The Antikythera mechanism

Cool video about how they figured out how it works, and then built a version to test if they were correct.

Perhaps the first computer, and certainly the most complex of the time.

http://vimeo.com/518734183

(The best explanation I've seen, including the X-ray details as they investigated deeper and deeper)


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