Morning Overview on MSN
That “impossible” Greek computer is real, and its secrets keep spilling out
The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...
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What was the Antikythera mechanism?
The world’s first computer long predates the monster machine of 1945. Like, by several thousand years.
Built some time between 200 BC and 60 BC, the Antikythera mechanism is the oldest known computer mechanism in existence. This ancient, geared device for tracking the heavens is in pretty bad shape ...
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