Name: 2000-Year-Old Computer Remade in Lego
Uploaded: 2010-12-09T19:20:50+00:00
Duration: 2 min 57 s
Channel: Pavlus Office

Andrew Carol rebuilt the &#34;Antikythera Mechanism&#34;--a 2000-year-old analog computer discovered in a Greek shipwreck--out of Legos. It predicts the year, date, and time of future solar and lunar eclipses accurately to within two hours. All using plastic gears. This film explains how it works.



Writer/Director: John Pavlus

Executive Producer: Adam Rutherford

Animator: Misha Klein

Cinematographer: Dan Ackerman

Riggers: Sarah Hall, Lars C. Larsen

Compositing &amp; Rod Removal: Paul Golden

Music: Corey Wills

X-Ray footage ©2005 AMRP

A Small Mammal Production for Digital Science

Published under a Creative Commons-BY-3.0-Unported license

2000-Year-Old Computer Remade in Lego

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Andrew Carol rebuilt the &quot;Antikythera Mechanism&quot;--a 2000-year-old analog computer discovered in a Greek shipwreck--out of Legos. It predicts the year, date, and time of future solar and lunar eclipses accurately to within two hours. All using plastic gears. This film explains how it works.  Writer/Director: John Pavlus Executive Producer: Adam Rutherford Animator: Misha Klein Cinematographer: Dan Ackerman Riggers: Sarah Hall, Lars C. Larsen Compositing &amp; Rod Removal: Paul Golden Music: Corey Wills X-Ray footage &copy;2005 AMRP A Small Mammal Production for Digital Science Published under a Creative Commons-BY-3.0-Unported license

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Andrew Carol rebuilt the "Antikythera Mechanism"--a 2000-year-old analog computer discovered in a Greek shipwreck--out of Legos. It predicts the year, date, and time of future solar and lunar eclipses accurately to within two hours. All using plastic gears. This film explains how it works.  Writer/Director: John Pavlus Executive Producer: Adam Rutherford Animator: Misha Klein Cinematographer: Dan Ackerman Riggers: Sarah Hall, Lars C. Larsen Compositing & Rod Removal: Paul Golden Music: Corey Wills X-Ray footage ©2005 AMRP A Small Mammal Production for Digital Science Published under a Creative Commons-BY-3.0-Unported license

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