Saturday
Jan292011
The Antikythera Mechanism
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 12:12PM The Antikythera Mechanism or Calculator is the oldest known mechanical computing device. It was built between 150BC and 100BC and was an extremely accurate predictor of astronomical events like eclipses. The video below shows the device re-created today ... using Lego®!
More information about the device can be found in this Nature article or at Wikipedia.