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2,000 years ago, Greeks built a machine like the first computer

More than two millennia ago, Greek craftsmen built a bronze machine that could track the heavens with a precision that would ...
SlashGear

The Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism: Was This The World's First Computer?

Antikythera is a diamond-shaped island in the Mediterranean Sea, situated between Greece's mainland and the island of Crete. It's small, covering just 8 square miles, and the population holds stable ...
Business Insider

YouTuber helps researchers solve the mystery of a 2,000-year-old 'computer'

Researchers think they've solved the 2,200-year-old mystery of the Antikythera mechanism. The ancient device, found in a shipwreck, likely followed a Greek lunar calendar. They used statistical ...
PC Gamer

Researchers propose a 'day zero' for the oldest computer ever discovered

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 ...
ExtremeTech

Gravitational Wave Research Helps Solve Mystery of 2,000-Year-Old Computer

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The New York Times

Cosmic Research Hints at Mysterious Ancient Computer’s Purpose

Scientists used techniques from the field of gravitational wave astronomy to argue that the Antikythera mechanism contained a lunar calendar. By Becky Ferreira The Antikythera mechanism, an ingenious ...