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Scientists unlock mysteries of world’s oldest ‘computer’ – Yahoo News Australia
The 2,000-year-old mechanism has baffled experts since it was discovered on a shipwreck in 1901.
Scientists used computer modelling to recreate the device’s complex gear system
A 2,000-year-old device often referred to as the world’s oldest “computer” has been recreated by scientists trying to understand how it worked.
The Antikythera Mechanism has baffled experts since it was found on a Roman-era shipwreck in Greece in 1901.
The hand-powered Ancient Greek device is thought to have been used to predict eclipses and other astronomical events.
But only a third of the device survived, leaving…
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