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A Lego Replica of the Antikythera Mechanism

Posted by timothy on from the hard-to-get-enough-antikythera dept.

vbraga writes "The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known scientific computer, built in Greece at around 100 BCE. Lost for 2000 years, it was recovered from a shipwreck in 1901. But not until a century later was its purpose understood: an astronomical clock that determines the positions of celestial bodies with extraordinary precision. In 2010, a fully-functional replica out of Lego (YouTube video) was built."

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  1. See "The Making of" too by wiredlogic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not to be missed is the time lapse video of the process of creating the video which was as fascinating as the model itself.

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    I am becoming gerund, destroyer of verbs.
  2. my scientific observation by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "A device is not truly understood until its function can be duplicated by Legos."
    - Tumbleweed's Observation