It was soon apparent the Antikythera Mechanism was some kind of device used to calculate dates and predict astronomical events, making it the oldest known example of an analogue computer. Whilst many ...

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 ...

Methods used in astronomy have helped unravel mysteries of the ancient Greek Antikythera mechanism – an ancient ... held as the oldest known analog computer. The findings, published recently ...

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.

Mexican scientists and teachers from the University of Sonora in northwestern Mexico have successfully recreated the Antikythera mechanism, the oldest mechanical computer in humanity. The replica ...

The abacus, a simple counting aid, may have been invented in Babylonia (now Iraq) in the fourth century B.C. The Antikythera mechanism ... Engine - a mechanical computer that can solve any ...

“He was right. The Antikythera mechanism, often described as the first ancient analogue computer, bears incredible witness to human ingenuity. That experience was a real lesson in humility for me as ...

such as those used in the construction of the Antikythera Mechanism, which [Chris] has been rebuilding for the past years, using only period-correct tools. He’s learned a lot about the mechanism ...

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 ...