2000-yr-old computer recreated using Lego bricks!December 10th,
2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI London, Dec 10 (ANI): A designer has
created the fully functional replica of the world’s oldest
computer using the Lego bricks. The oldest computer, which dates
back to 2000 years and was discovered in the bottom of the ocean
by divers in 1901, was brought back into life by Andrew carol,
reports the New Scientist. Making the device was an engineering
feat that required specialist Lego, and a lot of patience. The
idea was the brainchild of journalist Adam Rutherford who had
seen a Babbage Difference Engine built by Andrew Carol and got
in touch with him. “I asked him if he’d heard of the mechanism,
and if he thought it was doable in Lego. A few weeks later, he
sent me some pictures of a demo version he’d knocked up. It was
stunning,” said Rutherford. The Antikythera mechanism is an
astronomical computer thought to have been built in 150BC. It
was rediscovered on the Antikythera shipwreck and has since
astounded researche