How did the ancient Greeks create a device so advanced it’s called the first computer? This video explores the Antikythera Mechanism, its purpose, and why it remains one of history’s greatest ...

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Usually when we think of computers, we probably imagine glowing displays, interconnected networks sharing digital information, and more software applications than anyone one person could ever come ...

Antikythera mechanism fragment A. Credit: Marsyas / CC BY 2.5 In a groundbreaking paper titled “Reconstructing the Antikythera Mechanism’s Central Front Dial Parts – Division and Placement of the ...

We appear to be edging ever closer to a solid statement of “We are not alone” in the universe with this week’s announcement of the detection of biosignatures in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b. The ...

Since its discovery off the Greek island of Antikythera in 2001, the Antikythera mechanism was long thought to be a celestial measuring device. It was sometimes called the oldest computer in the world ...

The Antikythera mechanism, a mysterious ancient Greek device that is often called the world’s first computer, may not have functioned at all, according to a simulation of its workings. But researchers ...

More than a century on from being spotted and salvaged by sponge divers in the Mediterranean Sea, the Antikythera mechanism continues to excite academic research and the public imagination. Found in a ...