Mexican scientists and teachers from the University of Sonora in northwestern Mexico have successfully recreated the ...

The Antikythera Mechanism is a mysterious ancient device used to calculate lunar cycles, planet motions, and more. Over 2,000-years-old, it was far more advanced than any other technology of its time.

Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the world's oldest computer. The mechanism has been described as an astronomical calculator as well as the world's first analogue computer. It is made of ...

It’s no surprise then that he’s interested in the Antikythera Mechanism—a small geared ... 1900 that is believed to be the first analog computer and one of the oldest known geared systems ...

In 1901 divers working off the isle of Antikythera found the remains of a clocklike mechanism 2,000 years old. The mechanism now appears to have been a device for calculating the motions of stars ...

And yet, they built. Granted, not every artifact was as complex as the Antikythera mechanism, but still, this ancient astronomical computer exists, and must have come from someone’s workshop.

Amidst the hullabaloo over its origin, which was taken as dating back to the Hellenistic era of 205 B.C, the “world’s first computer” as it was referred to, embraced surprises galore for ...

An ancient mechanical device found on a 2000-year-old shipwreck has become known as the world's first computer. The machine is centuries more advanced than historians thought possible, but its ...

A Greek shipwreck holds the remains of an intricate bronze machine that turns out to be the world's first computer ... the tiny Mediterranean island of Antikythera. Diving the next day, they ...