The Antikythera Mechanism: http://bit.ly/fm4oFK is the oldest known scientific computer: an ancient Greek astronomical clock for determining the positions of celestial bodies and eclipses. In 2010 we built it out of Lego, and made a stop-motion film of its workings: http://bit.ly/eFOWZQ. Here’s how.
Made by Small Mammal: http://www.smallmammal.com/ and Dan Ackerman: http://www.ackermanfilms.com/
Sponsored by Digital Science: http://www.digital-science.com/ a new division of Macmillan Publishers that provides technology solutions for researchers. Available under a CC-BY-3.0-Unported license.
