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| 2025 |
Antikythera mechanism
Researchers using a computer simulation concluded that the mechanism would have jammed and stopped working after 4 months due to the exact shape of its gear teeth.
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| July 10 2024 |
Antikythera mechanism
A new analysis of the Antikythera mechanism was published in Arstechnica by Jennifer Ouellette, challenging long-standing assumptions about the artifact's construction and purpose.
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| February 8 2024 |
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A 10X scale replica of the Antikythera mechanism was inaugurated at the University of Sonora in Hermosillo, Mexico, with representatives from the Greek Embassy and local government in attendance.
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| December 23 2022 |
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Researchers proposed 23 December 178 BC as a potential initial calibration date for the mechanism.
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| December 2021 |
Antikythera mechanism
A metapage with comprehensive links about the Antikythera mechanism was created and published on antikythera.org, providing expanded digital resources about the artifact.
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| March 2021 |
Antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera Research Team at University College London, led by Freeth, published a new proposed reconstruction of the entire mechanism, using rational approximations for planetary synodic cycles.
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| 2018 |
Antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project proposed changes in gearing based on CT scan discoveries.
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| 2017 |
Antikythera mechanism
Researchers confirmed the calendar on the Metonic Spiral was of Corinthian type, and proposed the mechanism was modified for a client from Epirus.
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| May 17 2017 |
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Google celebrated the 115th anniversary of the Antikythera mechanism's discovery with a Google Doodle.
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| 2016 |
Antikythera mechanism
Further deciphering of the inscriptions revealed numbers connected with the synodic cycles of Venus and Saturn.
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| 2014 |
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A study proposed a new dating of approximately 200 BC for the mechanism, based on identifying the start-up date on the Saros Dial.
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| 2012 |
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Tony Freeth produced a documentary film 'The World's First Computer' about the Antikythera Mechanism.
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| 2012 |
Antikythera mechanism
Freeth and Jones published a computer-based proposal for planetary indication, featuring a 3-D model of the mechanism's potential configuration.
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| January 20 2011 |
Antikythera mechanism
National Geographic's Naked Science documentary series aired an episode titled 'Star Clock BC' about the Antikythera Mechanism.
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| 2010 |
Antikythera mechanism
Andy Carol built a functioning Lego reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism.
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| 2010 |
Antikythera mechanism
Evans, Carman, and Thorndike published a simplified reconstruction proposal with alternative gear arrangements and planetary indication system.
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