Linguistic Clue Pushes Back Origin of "World's Oldest Computer"

Calopteryx points out a piece at New Scientist which suggests that the Antikythera mechanism may be even older than previously thought; an ancient Greek word on of the device's dials suggests the device may date to the early second century BC. The article is accompanied by a great animation of its (deduced) workings, too.

Comments

Computer?

[Roger W Moore]

It is a very impressive find but if that counts as a computer then so does a stick and some sand which we know is far older and is probably what was used to design the device that was discovered.

It it hadn't been for the Catholic Church ..

[AftanGustur]

I sometimes wonder what the world would look like today if the Catholic church hadn't held back scientific research in the middle ages and killed the best and brightest minds..