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: Ancient Greek computer
You might have heard about this. Divers in the early 1900's recovered bits from a 2,000 year old shipwreck. Turns out there was a device with intricate gears and of unknown purpose in there. Can't scrape off the sea gunk for fear of damaging it, and now they finally have the technology to look at it. The 7 page article in the new Yorker explains it all, but there's two other links with additional information.
The world's first "computer", depending on what you consider a computer. It's still a lot more sophisticated than anyone thought any civilization was for that time.
Article: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2
Extra stuff: http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/
More stuff: http://www.xtekxray.com/antikythera_rad
You might have heard about this. Divers in the early 1900's recovered bits from a 2,000 year old shipwreck. Turns out there was a device with intricate gears and of unknown purpose in there. Can't scrape off the sea gunk for fear of damaging it, and now they finally have the technology to look at it. The 7 page article in the new Yorker explains it all, but there's two other links with additional information.
The world's first "computer", depending on what you consider a computer. It's still a lot more sophisticated than anyone thought any civilization was for that time.
Article: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2
Extra stuff: http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/
More stuff: http://www.xtekxray.com/antikythera_rad
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