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The Antikythera Mechanism is back in NY at the Onassis Center.Ambassador Tsilias introduced a lecture given by Mr. John H Seiradakis, from Aristotle Un. of Thessaloniki who explained the very complex gears/teeth and dials. This Greek calculator is from 150 BC found in a shipwreck. The mechanism determines eclipses of the sun and moon.
Tom Malzbender from Hewlett Packard explained how the digital lighting techniques highlighted the miniscule writing to determine that the letter PI had one shorter stem, a system of writing only used in 150BC. A Greek invention.
posted by Demetria at 11:41 AM