Lego Replica of Ancient Astronomy Calculator is Mind-Blowing

[Spookie Monster]

Lego Replica of Ancient Astronomy Calculator is Mind-Blowing

Lego Antikythera Mechanism

An astronomy calculator created by the ancient Greeks has been rebuilt as a Lego replica.  The fully-functional replica can still perform original functions such as predicting eclipses, as seen in a Nature Video movie that has gone viral.

Hope that it blows your mind!

Spel

His trick is you and me...

[Talia]

That was very, very impressive !!

Wonder how long it took to replicate and build....

Had to watch twice :)

[Schrödinger]

30 days, as per the vid.

I'm more curious about the prototyping and the mathematics behind it, and how they had managed to derive as much from the original design, or what little was left of it. Articles (as linked form the Youtube video's page) were sadly not quite telling.

[Salamander]

For anyone interested in the original, there's a great Nature video:

Antikythera Mechanism Part 1: by Nature Video

Part 2:

Antikythera Mechanism Part 2: by Nature Video

[Envious]

very neat

[AtlasEros]

That's cool, one of the joys of having a 3 y/o son, getting to play with legos again.

[Kaelhiar]

Oh wow.... I have several friends (myself included) who are huge, huge fans of Legos. Watching this video made me feel like a kid again!

And that reminds me: I eagerly look forward to next month when I can order the Taj Mahal and build it... in Lego. (All 5000+ pieces of it! I already did the London Bridge!)

[Aurora Wayland]

Ha! and my parents thought playing with legos was stupid! Awesome find.