Posts tagged ‘computer’
More on the Antikythera Mechanism
Aug 2008
04
The Antikythera Mechanism is quite possibly the first analog computer ever implemented. The New York Times reports that:
[…] scientists have found that the device not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic Games.
Why do I care? Because it has such a cool name, that’s why.