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2,100-Year-Old Antikythera Device Recreated In Working Form

Posted by timothy on from the probably-nothing-more-than-an-electrical-meter dept.

coondoggie writes "A new working model of the mysterious 2,100-year-old astronomical calculator, dubbed the Antikythera Device, has been unveiled, incorporating the most recent discoveries announced two years ago by an international team of researchers. The new model was demonstrated by its creator, former museum curator Michael Wright, who had created an earlier model based on decades of study."

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  1. Re:Why so down? by 4D6963 · · Score: 0, Troll

    If it's not going to play some early and archaic version of an old video game we all cherish there's no point. They should have added two more knobs on that machine so we could control two space rockets around Earth and make them shoot at each other.

    2,100 year old Spacewar! device recreated, now THAT would be newsworthy!

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