Antikythera Machine built out of Lego(youtube.com)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

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That was much more impressive than I thought it would be given the title. The presentation gives a very nice demonstration of how the gears do calculations.

cabalamat16년 전

The mechanism seemed overly complex to me; e.g. to multiply by 5/19ths, why not just use two cogs, one with 5 teeth the other with 19 (or some multiple thereof)?

pak16년 전

Lego gears only come in specific sizes (and therefore are limited to certain ratios).