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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNHow Well Did the Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism Actually Work?But the site’s most famous find is a mysterious green gadget: the Antikythera mechanism. Known as “the world’s first computer,” the damaged object was once a bronze box that measured about a foot ...
This complex arrangement of rods and interlocking gears is the hip joint of an immature planthopper insect. It’s the only instance of functioning, interlocking gears that has been found in nature, at ...
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Poor spacing between gear teeth could cause blockages, rendering the mechanism unfit for scientific use, simulations indicate ...
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