Antikythera Computer

The Antikythera Computer describes a 2000(+) year-old device discovered in the remains of a Greek shipwreck that looks to have operated through a technically advanced (relative to the time it was created) interaction of gears and levers. It is theorized the machine was used as a calendar device. It is described by some as an early version of a computer, in that it's gears were used and manipulated to help compute specific calendar functions and lunar / solar positions.
==External Links==
*Early Astronomical ‘Computer’ Found to Be Technically Complex from the New York Times
*Ancient machine opened the heavens from the Los Angeles Times
*Imaging the Antikythera Computer from WIRED's Gear Factor
*2,000 Year Old Computer Yields Her Secrets from WIRED's Gear Factor
Category:History of New Media