Monday, December 4, 2006

World’s Oldest Computer

Antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera mechanism was made in the first years of the first century b.C. by the Romans.

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For years, it was taken as an astronomical showpiece, a navigational instrument and a puzzle concerning astronomical and mathematical knowledge. However, now it is regarded as the ever first analogue computer. This instrument shows the sophistication and exuberance of the ancient.

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