Margarita Madness At The Purple People Bridge : May 17th

2,000-Year-Old Computer Resurrected

Dec 15, 2008 at 2:19 pm

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Jacques Cousteau described then Antikythera mechanism, a First Century B.C. computer, as being more valuable than the Mona Lisa. The device has been reconstructed a number of times. This video is the latest and illustrates the device's gearing and clockwork that was more than a millennium ahead of its time.