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Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...
It took Andrew Carol 30 days to build a working model of the Antikythera Mechanism—the ancient Greek world's most ...
Jo Marchant, Nature In 1900, Greek ... large gear in the middle indicated the position of the moon. "The Antikythera Mechanism is the most sophisticated such object yet found from the ancient ...
A Greek shipwreck holds the ... this unique clockwork machine was the world's first computer. An array of 30 intricate bronze gear wheels, originally housed in a shoebox-size wooden case, was ...
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2,000 Years Before Modern Technology, the Greeks Had Built the World’s First Computer (So Advanced That It Still Baffles Scientists)Over 120 years ago, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera unearthed one of the most enigmatic technological artifacts in human history. Hidden among statues, coins, glassware, ...
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