Antikythera mechanism - Wikipedia
In 2005, a team from Cardiff University used computer X-ray tomography and high resolution scanning to image inside fragments of the crust-encased mechanism and read the faintest inscriptions that once covered the outer casing.
Scientists unlock mysteries of world's oldest 'computer' - BBC
The Antikythera Mechanism has baffled experts since it was found on a Roman-era shipwreck in Greece in 1901.
Scientists Solve Mystery of First Computer From the Roman Empire
2024年7月9日 · Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an enduring mystery surrounding what it was used for.
Antikythera Mechanism - World History Encyclopedia
2023年8月2日 · By setting a date indicator on the front plate and turning this crank, the interlocking gears would engage and provide whatever astronomical information for that date. It is considered the first analog computer in the world because, at the simplest level, it processed continuously varying data.
Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Computer
Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Computer. Hidden inscriptions offer new clues to the origins of a mysterious astronomical mechanism
Scientists unlock mysteries of world's oldest 'computer' - BBC
2021年3月12日 · Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the world's oldest computer. The mechanism has been described as an astronomical calculator as well as the world's first analogue computer. It is made of...
Slowly scientists began to unravel the secrets of this ancient device that predates any other known clockwork mechanisms of similar complexity by more than 1,000 years.
Scientists unlock the 'Cosmos' on the Antikythera Mechanism, the …
2022年8月17日 · Scientists may have finally made a complete digital model for the Cosmos panel of a 2,000-year-old mechanical device called the Antikythera mechanism that's believed to be the world's first...
How the Ancient Greeks Constructed the World’s First Mechanical Computer
2021年4月1日 · Researchers at University College London (UCL) have finally figured out the likely mechanism of the 2,000-year-old Antikythera device, arguably the world's first mechanical computer.. In 1900, Greek sponge divers discovered fragments of what was evidently a shoebox-sized mechanical device in a Roman-era shipwreck …
Ancient Computers - Engineering and Technology History Wiki
In the Ancient Roman Empire, abacists were typically slaves. To verify results from an abacus calculation, have three slaves do the same calculation and compare their answers. If many independent calculations needed to be done, have each calculation be done by a separate team of three slaves each.
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