Thanks to the sophisticated technique of X-rays and photographs, an international research team is to operate one of the most mysterious objects of ancient Greece explained. Discovered in 1901 in a Roman shipwreck, would be a very sophisticated computer engineering devoted to the study of astronomical phenomena.
Frightening complexity, has counted at least 37 bronze gears in a wooden box disappeared from 31x19x10 cm. On the back, two large dialsshowed in the spiral phases of the moon and made it possible to predict eclipses.
On the front, reported a selection position of the sun and moon against the stars. The mention of the planet Venus, which leaves the other indicators, now deceased, on the dial the same trajectory of the five planets known at the time played.
Fortunately for researchers, authors of the mechanism of operation of some components in their case! In fact, hisRefinement is like a pair of compensating flow simulates the apparent change in the speed of the moon caused by the eccentricity of its orbit! In addition, a unit led smart enough as a correction for leap years.
The Hipparque greek astronomer, or one of his disciples probably took in its manufacture 150-100 BC. It would have been necessary to wait more than a thousand years before looking for comparable machines. Who knows what other technical marvelsOld disappeared without a trace?
The technology was originally developed not for archeology, but as a method to improve the efficiency photorealistic rendering of 3D graphics. It could also be used in criminal forensics, detecting distinctive tire tracks or tracks, for example.
The technology still has a potential commercial applications for HP, but many of the techniques have been made available to the scientific world for academic purposes.
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