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Scientists claim breakthrough in solving mystery of 'world's first computer'
short by Pragya Swastik / on Sunday, 14 March, 2021
Scientists at the University College London have claimed a major breakthrough in solving the mystery of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek hand-powered mechanical device referred to as the 'world's first analogue computer'. Only a third of the device had survived when it was found in Greece in 1901. Using 3D computer modelling, the scientists recreated the entire front panel.