If you aren't watching the Clickspring #Antikythera Mechanism series, you're sorely missing out. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to4RXv4_jDU2

Maybe a new project.

#antikythera #archaeology #astronomy #3dprint #opendata #openglam #glamhack

Und hier etwas für die #Antikythera​süchtigen:
https://www.analog-astronomical-device.ch/tellurium

Auch interessant:
https://www.analog-astronomical-device.ch/perpetual-moon

#AntikytheraMechanism @thomasweibel

Klemmte der Antikythera-Mechanismus? Dreieckige Zahnradzähne und kleine Messfehler störten die Funktion des „Himmelscomputers“. #Antikythera #Himmelscomputer #Antike #Archaeologie
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/klemmte-der-antikythera-mechanismus/

The Antikythera device might have been a bit graunchy:
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-antikythera-mechanism-intricate-gears-simulations.html
#mechanics #ancient #history #Greece #Antikythera

Was the #Antikythera Mechanism just a janky toy? New study of its triangular teeth offers a clue.

https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/mathematics/mysterious-antikythera-mechanism-may-have-jammed-constantly-like-a-modern-printer-was-it-just-a-janky-toy

@thomasweibel

The Impact of Triangular-Toothed Gears on the Functionality of the Antikythera Mechanism: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00327 -> Mysterious #Antikythera Mechanism may have jammed constantly, like a modern printer. Was it just a janky toy? https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/mathematics/mysterious-antikythera-mechanism-may-have-jammed-constantly-like-a-modern-printer-was-it-just-a-janky-toy

@wisze Oh ja, das ist sie! Die Inspiration zu diesem Projekt, der historische Mechanismus von #Antikythera, ist hier zu finden: https://www.thomasweibel.ch/anticythera2/

The #AntikytheraMechanism: Data visualisation using #opensource and web-based #VR. See you next week at this year's #EVABerlin conference!
https://www.thomasweibel.ch/antikythera/

#antikythera #archaeology #astronomy #physics #astrophysics #digitalhumanities #antiquity #mechanics #mathematics #history #sciencehistory #virtualreality #webdev #opendata #openglam #glamhack

I'm glad I've lived long enough to see a recreation of what the Antikythera mechanism did. Here is a link to the report with the videos of some brilliant animations of this old machine. It was used to tell the date and show the positions of the planets and the schedules of the Olympic games
#antikytheramechanism #antikythera

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84310-w#Sec14

#Antikythera: Wozu wurde der mysteriöse antike Computer genutzt?

Die Antikythera-Maschine, eines der ältesten bekannten mechanischen Geräte, gilt als früher analoger Computer. Sie wurde 1901 in einem Schiffswrack nahe der griechischen Insel Antikythera gefunden.

Sehr spannend. #HimmelskörperMaschine #Antike #Computer

https://www.nationalgeographic.de/geschichte-und-kultur/2024/07/antikythera-wozu-wurde-der-mysterioese-antike-computer-genutzt

Clickspring is a maker on youtube who's been exploring & demonstrating ancient machining techniques including things like how to make an ancient lathe from scratch.

One of their projects has been attempting to recreate the #Antikythera Mechanism from scratch using the techniques available at that time.

Well, thanks to his patrons he's been able to show with high probability that everyone's assumption of a 365 day calendar was wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/@Clickspring

#makers

#inourtime episode on the #antikythera mechanism: despite having read on it extensively I'm always amazed at the new findings that keep coming out, re-adjusting our perception of the scientific knowledge in the Ancient Mediterranean!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/47aCSfLTB49nyDhBXDj6oF
#archeology #archaeology #ancientgreece #ancienttechnology + of interest to #dialofdestiny #indianajones fans!

Listened to this very interesting episode of In Our Time yesterday: The #Antikythera Mechanism

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024x0g

Also check out this virtual recreation by @thomasweibel

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/antikythera/

An der 6. #IConCMT an der Fachhochschule St. Pölten habe ich meinen #VR-Nachbau des Mechanismus von #Antikythera vorgestellt. Wer wissen will, was es damit auf sich hat: Hier lang. https://blog.fhgr.ch/blog/der-computer-der-alten-griechen/

#archaeology #astronomy #mathematics #antiquity #greece

„On behalf of the organizers and the program committee of the Berlin EVA Conference 2025 we would like to thank you and confirm the selection of your contribution https://www.thomasweibel.ch/anticythera2/ for next year's program.“

First we take #Antikythera, then we take #Berlin!

#archaeology #astronomy #antiquity #mechanics #mathematics #history #sciencehistory #webdev #opendata #openglam #glamhack cc/ @OpendataCH @infoclio

New research reveals the Greek lunar calendar tracking in the Antikythera mechanism

Recent research has unveiled that the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient device often hailed as the world’s oldest known computer, tracked the Greek lunar calendar, rather than the Egyptian solar calendar as previously thought...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/06/greek-lunar-calendar-antikythera-mechanism/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #antikytheramechanism #ancientgreece #antikythera #archaeoastronomy

@gisiger @feedle Thanks for sharing! Ludwig Oechslin (the „Ochs“ in Ochs und Junior) was the watchmaker who did a replica of the legendary #Antikythera Mechanism (the same I recently rebuilt in VR @ https://www.thomasweibel.ch/anticythera2/). More on his project: https://www.ochsundjunior.swiss/de/antikythera/

Antikythera-Mechanismus: Mond- statt Sonnenjahr? Zahl der Marker am Kalenderring des "Himmelscomputers" geringer als gedacht. #Antikythera #AntikytheraMechanismus #Himmelscomputer #AntikeAstronomie #Astronomie
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/antikythera-mechanismus-mond-statt-sonnenjahr/