A Handmade Antikythera Mechanism - Rediscovering an Ancient Greek Enigma
This video presents a modernised reproduction of the Antikythera Mechanism, including clips of the manufacturing process and a snippet of how the device works.
Credits:
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Manufactured by Dr Alastair Godfrey
Filming & video editing by Mike Godfrey
Narration by Hazel Mitchell
Photos kindly provided by Brett Seymour (https://www.brettseymourphotography.com/)
A special thanks to Dr Tony Freeth (UCL) for his research into the mechanism, which informed many aspects of the design.
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Suggested further content:
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Clickspring has a brilliant series on manufacturing an Antikythera mechanism using historically appropriate techniques: https://youtube.com/playlist?l....ist=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyx
Updates on further wreck expeditions can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/antikythera2012
Lots more information about the Antikythera mechanism: http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/
Licenses and references:
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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/hope
License code: BMWWBZCC3SFHN42E
One of Dr Tony Freeth's paper, referenced in video: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05357
CT data: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/....dataset.xhtml?persis
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Computer's have been around a very long time. They just change form and function. It's a fascinating device which brings so many questions.