Since I linked to Tony Freeth’s video on the Antikythera Mechanism a couple months ago, and it was so lovely, I assumed I wouldn’t be revisiting that bit of ancient technology here so soon… more →
blue-eyed crow's weblogh2one2 wrote 2 days ago: Text To uncover the true importance to the Antikythera Mechanism we must start the investigation by … more →
lenrosen4 wrote 1 week ago: In the Terminator movies machine intelligence is pitted against humanity. Cyborgs venture into the p … more →
priestnovykh wrote 2 months ago: So, How many of you out there knows about the Antikythera mechanism? Well Plainly put… it is a … more →
mikeoverthere wrote 2 months ago: The Antikythera Mechanism The Antikythera mechanism is the oldest mechanical computer known to date. … more →
kolys wrote 3 months ago: I want to believe. Not necessarily in aliens or spirits or the Loch Ness Monster (at least not speci … more →
eyeofamagpie wrote 4 months ago: The Antikythera mechanism, besides being difficult to pronounce, is the earliest known example of a … more →
FireTag wrote 5 months ago: I hadn’t planned another post on this topic, but this is too good to pass up. New Scientist ha … more →
Pedro Araújo wrote 5 months ago: No início do século passado, foi descoberto ao largo da ilha grega de Antikythera um mecanismo extra … more →
liselfwench wrote 6 months ago: So I’ve worn four of my new perfume oil samples so far, and I have to say I did a much better … more →
theskepticnextdoor wrote 1 year ago: I am always a bit uneasy when people talk about how incredible it was that ancient people arranged s … more →
Andrew B. Watt wrote 1 year ago: SQUEE! Think how much of a game changing device this must have been when it was first constructed. … more →
Félix Adorno wrote 1 year ago: The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient Greek device that, experts say, was used to track the moveme … more →
blue-eyed crow wrote 1 year ago: Since I linked to Tony Freeth’s video on the Antikythera Mechanism a couple months ago, and it … more →
blue-eyed crow wrote 1 year ago: Happy day (yes, I am that much of a geek)! I was sent this link to a beautiful piece on the Antikyt … more →
blue-eyed crow wrote 1 year ago: I was hoping, since the news this summer, that someone would come up with better animations of the A … more →
jdc99003 wrote 1 year ago: Ancient history, especially the history of the Mediterranean area and the Near East, is one of my in … more →
vossinakis wrote 1 year ago: Ο Όμιλος Φίλων Αστρονομίας συμμετέχει, ως συνδιοργανωτής, σε ένα ιδιαίτερα ενδιαφέρον Τριήμερο, με Δ … more →
gwatchtower wrote 1 year ago: More than a hundred years ago an extraordinary mechanism was found by sponge divers at the bottom of … more →