Apple Engineer Re-Creates 2,000 Year Old Greek Computer … With Legos

By on December 10, 2010 in News 10

Andrew Carol, a software engineer for Apple, has re-created a 2,000 year old Greek computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, using Legos. Ancient Greeks created this device around 100 B.C. to predict astronomical events, such as eclipses.

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  • Liam_McGonagle

    Wow. What a coincidence that they were able to find all the required, in-spec gears in an off-the-shelf kids toy.

  • Liam_McGonagle

    Wow. What a coincidence that they were able to find all the required, in-spec gears in an off-the-shelf kids toy.

  • http://disinfo.com ralph

    This is awesome. The Antikythera Mechanism is one of my favorite OPPArts:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact

  • ralph

    This is awesome. The Antikythera Mechanism is one of my favorite OPPArts:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact

    • http://voxmagi-necessarywords.blogspot.com/ VoxMagi

      Likewise…a thing of beauty. 2100 years and its as awesome today as it ever was.

  • Anonymous

    i bet this guy gets laid a lot

  • Anonymous

    i bet this guy gets laid a lot

  • Ranandar

    I have a hard time believing that the original was made in 100BCE.
    It’s’ much more likely that it was left behind by a time traveler from some future steam punk society.

  • Ranandar

    I have a hard time believing that the original was made in 100BCE.
    It’s’ much more likely that it was left behind by a time traveler from some future steam punk society.

  • http://voxmagi-necessarywords.blogspot.com/ VoxMagi

    Likewise…a thing of beauty. 2100 years and its as awesome today as it ever was.