Saturday, June 14, 2014

Remember The Antikythera Mechanism?

We've spoken of it in our archaeology classes from time to time.  It was an early computing device found in a shipwreck that has been dated to the 1st century B.C.  Much more about it, including photos of the original with modern working duplicates, may be found at this link.

Anyway, we finally have the technology to explore the wreck, which lies at approximately 400 feet, using an atmospheric diving suit.  It looks like this:


May I say "neato" now?