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World’s First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years | Gadget Lab
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-20217" title="Detail of the Antikythera Mechanism" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2008/12/olympiad_dial.jpg" alt="Detail of the Antikythera Mechanism" width="600" height="333" /> A British museum curator has built a working replica of a 2,000-year-old Greek machine that has been called the world’s first computer. A dictionary-size assemblage of 37 interlocking dials crafted with the precision and complexity of a 19th-century Swiss clock, the Antikythera mechanism was used for modeling and predicting the movements of the heavenly bodies as well as the dates and locations of upcoming Olympic games . The original 81 shards of the Antikythera were recovered from under the sea (near the Greek island of Antikythera) in 1902, rusted and clumped together in a nearly indecipherable mass. Scientists dated it to 150 B.C. Such craftsmanship wouldn’t be seen for another 1,000 years — but its purpose was a mystery for decades.amiga