Like many, I have always been intrigued with ancient technology, and the discovery of the Antikythera device had no small part in that. Many authors, scientists, engineers, UFOlogists, crypto-archeologists, anthropologists and historians have puzzled after the use of the device, its construction and function.
But after all the speculation, bronze-age retro futurism, and gearhead-of-the-gods pontification, the truth was far more interesting. It was a highly accurate eclipse calculator. Still accurate, centuries later.
Let's see your Rolex pull that off.
So, fast forward to today, where Andrew Carol has built a functioning replica...from Legos. (also check out his 3rd generation Babbage Engine, built from everyone's favorite plastic blocks)
The Antikythera Mechanism in Lego from Small Mammal on Vimeo.
The Small Mammal blog has a great posting on this wonderful little project, and the filming.
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