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Antikythera
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Imagine life in ancient Greek times, quite successful for their time period but in the grand scheme of things we don’t think “digital”. Well this was proven incorrect by a piece of technology found off the coast of Greece sating back thousands of years. The “antikythera”, as it is now referred to, was an ancient piece of technology that is still difficult for scientists to understand. This was a mechanical device that determined the cycle of the moon and the stars.
This device most likely was not thought to be anything significant until quite recently, when COG’s were developed in the 70’s we were really able to understand the complexity of the device. The understanding was developed even further with x-raying the device. This allowed scientists to really see the inner mechanics. With these x-rays we were able to discern that Greece was far more developed then we then previously believed. This completely shot back the history of tech over a hundred years. It was determined that the antikythera
This relates to many of the learning objectives in this course, inluding that of objective #3. Furthermore, objhective #3 states, “classify objects or concepts(from 3400 BC to modern) as digital or not digital”. This relates to this so well because we are able to see the antikythera is a digital device. This is because there are a limited number of outcomes that are associated with the device because it shows what happens in the sky throughout the course of the year. Therefore, the representations within the device are limited to that of the year. Because of this we can discern that the antikythera device was a ancient form of digital technology.