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Ancient Greeks built a 'first computer' that still stumps us

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

2,000 Years Ago, the Greeks Built the World’s First Computer: Its Complexity Has Left Scientists Unable To Decode It

In 1900, a team of sponge divers off the Greek island of Antikythera surfaced with more than they bargained for. Among the ...
SpaceNews

Recreating A Mechanical Cosmos For The Antikythera Mechanism, The World’s First Computer

Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-powered mechanical device that was used to ...
The New York Times

Cosmic Research Hints at Mysterious Ancient Computer’s Purpose

Scientists used techniques from the field of gravitational wave astronomy to argue that the Antikythera mechanism contained a lunar calendar. By Becky Ferreira The Antikythera mechanism, an ingenious ...
Artnet

A New Study Shakes Up Our Understanding of the World’s First Analog Computer

Ever since being salvaged by sponge divers in the Greek Mediterranean in 1901, the Antikythera mechanism has captured the imaginations of archaeologists and scientists with penchant for antiquity. A ...
ExtremeTech

Gravitational Wave Research Helps Solve Mystery of 2,000-Year-Old Computer

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