“We don’t give people credit for how smart they were 2000 years ago. There were other mechanical devices as well, referenced in ancient books. Machines dispensed holy water in temples: you’d put a coin in a box and it would move a series of levers to dole out water, like a vending machine.”
- Andrew Carol
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Thank you to Fast Company
Awesome! I had heard about this ancient engine but to see it transformed into Lego was just brilliant. Wish I could get the plans I’d build one myself.
The Retronaut delivers another gem into my life. Thank you.
It is The Retronaut’s pleasure
you’ve done it again Retronaut and blown my tiny mind. I don’t fully understand all of this but it’s incredible.
That’s not a computer by any reasonable definition — more of a mechanical calendar. Still impressive, just a little misleading.
Re: “That’s not a computer by any reasonable definition”
computer, n.
A device or machine for performing or facilitating calculation.
Oxford English Dictionary
I make that a computer, by a very reasonable definition.
A tabletop Stonehenge! Based on a 2,000 year old pocket Stonehenge! Cool…
Of course Stonehenge only has one moving part…but it’s a really big one
Did I say “pocket”-sized? I shoulda said backpack-sized. Smaller than a breadbox anyway.
Really makes you think. Great find
That is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen made out of Lego. And I have seen many cool things made out of Lego.