Lego Antikythera Mechanism
source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk&feature=player_embedded#
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The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known scientific computer, built in Greece at around 100 BCE. Lost for 2000 years, it was recovered from a shipwreck in 1901. But not until a century later was its purpose understood: an astronomical clock that determines the positions of celestial bodies with extraordinary precision.
In 2010, we built a fully-functional replica out of Lego.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk&feature=player_embedded#!
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