Video: Antikythera Mechanism, Part 2
Part 2 of a Nature Channel video about an ancient Greek device called the Antikythera Mechanism. Scientists have discovered that it could be used to predict eclipses, and that it had a dial recording the dates of the ancient Olympiads.
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Video: Antikythera Mechanism, Part 1
Part 1 of a Nature Channel video about an ancient Greek device called the Antikythera Mechanism. Scientists have discovered that it could be used to predict eclipses, and that it had a dial recording the dates of the ancient Olympiads.
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Video: Theo Jansen, Kinetic Sculptor
Theo Jansen is the Dutch creator of what he calls “Kinetic Sculptures,” where nature and technology meet. Essentially these sculptures are robots powered by the wind only.
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