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Apple Engineer Builds Computer Using Legos [Video]

Apple Engineer Builds Computer Using Legos [Video]

Posted June 14, 2011 at 11:40am by
Apple software engineer Andrew Carol has built a computer using Legos that accurately predicts astronomical positions, according to Wired.

Using 1,500 Lego pieces, 100 gears, Carol has recreated the Antikythera mechanism to predict the time and date of a future eclipse.


Check it out below...




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Nick Serianni
Nick Serianni - June 14, 2011 at 2:12pm
I thought Carol created another one when I saw the article title. Turns out iClarified just learned of the event which I read about months ago on Engadget.
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