In 1901, sponge divers discovered the Antikythera Mechanism off a Greek island. Dated to around 100 BC, it’s now believed to be the world’s first analog computer. It could predict eclipses, track the ...

It’s no surprise then that he’s interested in the Antikythera Mechanism—a small geared device discovered off the coast of the Greece in 1900 that is believed to be the first analog ...

In 1900, a storm blew a boatload of sponge divers off course and forced them to take shelter by the tiny Mediterranean island of Antikythera. Diving the next day, they discovered a 2,000 year-old ...