Antikythera Mechanism Reverse Engineered Some More
The Antikythera Mechanism is a mechanical device dating to the ancient Greece. It was used at least for time-related and astronomical calculations.
Why I’m interested in it, is that in essence, it’s an about 1900 year old mechanical computer. Research is still ongoing as to the details what it is and what it does.
Now some more of the internal functionality and purpose has been deciphered – one of the functions was the timing of the ancient Olympic Games!
Nature has the story. You can read the paper too.
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