2000 Year Old Computer - Revived

Antikythera mechanism, is a clock type of object that was found more then a hundred years ago amongst an Ancient Greek wreck. It was made of meshed cogs the appeared to be what made the clock work.

The Greeks however had created something well ahead of its time. And somehow all this was lost along the way, through stories it wasn’t mentioned until it was found. Jo Marchant however the author of Decoding the Heavens explains the story of how so many had tried to crack the Antikythera mechanism over the past century; but failed to so. It is a great book about the greed of scientists, the love of it and the all around battle between them.

Michael Wright has created something which you can watch in the above video; it is basically a cover for Jo’s lack of detail on how the Antikythera mechanism works, how the clogs come together and so on. Of course this is not an actual piece of technology found, but it is something created that is extremely similar to those the Ancient Greeks may have used. This explains how each cog fitted together and and demonstrates clear diagrams on how it could have worked. You must watch the video!