Oldest computer made from Lego

[Mentles1]

(about jayjash's comment) well done f*ck religion i'm an athiest it dosn't matter about waht i think... oh wait it does.... my bad

[jessyjessy4]

some great inforamtion here thanks

[ultislasher1]

WTF THIS ISN'T THE ORIGINAL PEEPS... Search Lego Antikyraitha Mechanism.

[sniffTHEplayer]

wahts next lego car or PC ?

[uchihasurvival]

tutorial plz?

[juree555]

Music: Corey B Wills - The Great Machine

Like it, so anyone can see it.

[Steamer15hp]

let's see what happens in 2024

[batlin]

Lego and humans... what a combination!

Music sounds like Super Metroid!

[web4clans]

cool video!

[MacHamish]

Epic!

[jaysonvalentine]

This replication actually predicted the next solar eclipse accurately.

[TheXand19]

So much tech win in this here vid.

[pljtgh]

amazing

[hitmonlee00]

i can't believe this video has so little videos..

[NathanMandjes]

sounds a bit like tron music

[Shnazzzy]

NAME. OF. MUSIC. NOWWWW!!!!!!

[FKChicken]

OUR CITY WILL BE BUILD IN LEGOS! WATCH MUTHA FUCKAS

[kiuhy8]

very cool

[timrs2001]

Lego will get you there every time baby. :)

[TheP8ntballer]

The dark ages were caused by the fall of the western roman empire. 19th century scholars began to recognize accomplishments made during the period, showing that the Middle Ages weren't a time of darkness.

misconceptions such as: "the Church prohibited autopsies and dissections during the Middle Ages", "the rise of Christianity killed off ancient science", and "the church suppressed the growth of natural philosophy", are all cited by Ronald Numbers, they are not supported by historical research.

[Creative1176]

Where can i buy this? :D

[MrJerichoCross]

all hail the baldie...lol

[deneho]

Bravo !



[Nexstarcrazyness]

@Biebersucksdick1

thats easy to understand. The gears that multiply have a certain amount of cogs or teeth. say that one gear has 30 teeth, a multiple of 2 to would have 60 (thereby it would have to rotate twice to for its needle (if it had a needle)to make one full 360 rotation. Its not sophisticated shit. Theyve already mapped out the the stars, so why the hell not make a clock for it.

[juxhesx]

after i finish this sandwich, im buying some legos.

[iandanna]

lanoche..I live in texas...But...I dont believe its only 2,000 years old..I belive its been here much longer than that.And I like this video.Derp.

[stupidpastry]

The music convinced me i was watching something much more important than it actually was... not to say that the thing isn't cool but the music would be more suited for the first working space ship made out of lego lol.

[inception951]

WOW I think the ancient civilization was extremely advanced but they depended on people to remember how they did those amazing things instead of recording it on paper and when those people died, they lost all that technology sometime during B.C. and the rest of the civilizations were left with very primitive technology.

[akappleby]

@inception951

Not always, there were several wars (especially in Greece and surrounding countries) where the conquerors would burn old texts and scrolls in libraries. Thereby destroying the conquered civilization's written knowledge and forcing their own "Superiority" on them.

[inception951]

@akappleby Yeah, I know that but some of them, including the extremely smart Egyptians, depended on memory

[neo4500]

awesome music :)



[Twistedchildx]

Can someone tell me what the music is called.

[crack1q2]

can it run gta iv?

[cannnonfoddder]

LEGO, the toy of engineers.

[Cythro]

Pretty amazing that such complex mechanical objects can be built by the general public with inexpensive plastic toy parts.

[woo216]

wtf how the fuck how smart were people back in the ancient past cause natural selection made sure all the dumb fucks born would not be able to survive we had smart people building machines like this .

[erick0328]

so can it predict if the world will end in 2012?

[gora90]

LOL god. WTF? This is ingenuity! Has NOTHING to do with God or other worthless bullshit! The world is fucked man! Everything has to be a fight about religion! Get the dick of jesus out of your ass and let people LIVE. Fuck man.

[MLGLockItUp]

damn

[lanoche]

people that dislike this lives in texas and believes that the world is only 2000 years old

[hitmonlee00]

i still don't get the 5/19 part..

"these gears multiply by 5... this set multiplies by 3 and divides by 5.."

how does 19 come about?? isn't 19 a prime number anyway?

[need1992]

the video itself is astonishing, made with stop motion and put together in a fine way, and the machine even that is astonishing

[kneteanimator]

so... what is 2012? :D

[girlstorm09]

wow awesome:P Legos arent just for kids anymore! lol

[tempxanga]

what song is this? some say it's from inception... which song, can't find it.

[rza1m]

@tempxanga some say it was passed down to us by god

[zottevorst]

utterly sick

wich soundtrack is used?

[zottevorst]

utterly sick

[jayash76]

Everybody here is crazy! This video is awesome and all you guys can do is lecture about religion. Shut up, or talk about this bitchin' machine.

[percyth11]

Got the insruction manual for this?

[DemonBird]

@UBERAWESOME2 stfu or gtofo

[mrboxleytheonly]

awesome, in every aspect of the word.

[Insho]

Humanity grows from it's mistakes.

There are always things we could have done better, but it holds us back more to obsess over the "What ifs" than any repression or oppression.

If one wants to mired in the past and not help be a part of the future, that's their own business, not mine.

[ChrisRT6]

Just because a famous person said it does not make it true. Albert enstein was a scientist in a very specific field, not a philosopher. And C.S. Lewis was a writer. They may have been brilliant, but they did not know any strange secrets about the universe or anything like that. Just like us, they are merely human.

[XzTOBYzX]

Scary when you know lego can predict the future.

[IlersichProductions]

Hans Zimmer composed this music.

[a2brute]

How does this Lego mechanism handle the elliptical gears used in the original device?

[cabasse]

<- goes and puts on bt's "binary universe"

[suupertramp]

shame the greeks didnt have lego...

[gstarbob]

i felt like i was watching saw...

[XxGazzipxX]

Lol , they are fucking freaks =P.

[mizac2010]

That is truly remarkable!!!!

[CVRealMan]

most epic music used when describing lego

[winterstellar]

Yes, damn christianity and the dark ages! We'd probably be space travelers now if it hadn't been for christianity and their anti-science!: (

[Sunamifishsurvivor]

Love the soundtrack

[alister12345]

I want one!!!

[shizzertainment]

I would love for them to release plans so we can build one at home. I need to build one. Eventually, maybe 2000 years from now....I procrastinate. A lot. I might build one. If I have time. Do we have time? Time is a strange thing to think about. Time marches forward never looking back on itself. Never stopping how hard we wish it to.

[tsarvey123]

lol, this was hardly worth having a heated argument over, but youtube comments seem to inspire them. At least ours didn't degenerate into a mother-insulting match.

[ScribeOfShadows]

@tsarvey123 I didn't think it was all that heated either ;)

[EdouardDubois]

I just had a nerd-gasm.

[khosrow]

The Ipod of the Old days. But i likes the Goldhats more.

[RASAlexander]

maybe this is the past and we are discovering the future :) cuz they seem ta have everything ECO friendly and amazing TECH, my rtespect go`s for our ancestors. my opinion thx for rerading :)

[madnesscombat5]

Religion and science originated from teachings brought to us by beings from another planet. I know it sounds retarded but if you study into ancient astronaught theory there are many facts that will have you questioning if it's truly what happened.

[CannonBolt112]

I dream of a day; where everything is made and powered by lego

[pivotcankill]

@CannonBolt112 me to would be epic ^^

[Fidellio13]

That music could make ANYTHING feel like an epic.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

fuckin epic lego video...

[hackertc]

the soundtrack sounds like inception soundtrack :))

[sorry8140]

a fully functional replica is made.....out of lego. omg roflmao!!!!!!!!!

[Rosalila]

kinda like a trailer, this

[bbmrox]

As great as this undeniably is, the music is way too epic for the viideo.

[minotarr]

Brilliant

[soj1984]

incrediable

[GraphiteCube]

Really impressive.

[pdone11]

incrivel ! 

[breaneainn]

bet they stood on a 1x1 block and got it right in the heel, damn that hurts.

[Nexus974]

Amazing what the human mind can accomplish when it's free to do so.

Freedom works! Liberate your minds!

[lethaljellybean]

Object oriented programming. Rofl.

[orlandrake]

I came.

[OccamsView]

pure driving pleasure!

[Degga1313]

This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. 2,000 years ago we were kicking some real ass! This is proof that world wars and conquest just stent our growth.

Can I get a HELL YEAH for being human!

[ptiftgt]

I hope I can see a flying lego-bird before I die.

[trickmastermonkey]

I used to play with legos all day as a kid. my fully functional time machine consisted of less than 15 parts. so take that

[tyb4]

it's amazing how far into the future they can predict when it will be cloudy where I am.

Every time there is some kind of celestial event it is cloudy out :(

[purplemonkeyelephant]

So tell me Andy

[tsarvey123]

Not that this isn't cool, but it's a fancy analog clock, not a computer.

[sOulrOckmelO]

@tsarvey123 its a computer coz it computes...

[ScribeOfShadows]

@tsarvey123 computers have not always been like what we know them as now. In a 100 years time people might look at our PC's and come out with a similiar comment as you made.

[tsarvey123]

@ScribeOfShadows I'm not saying it's not a computer because of it's level of sophistication or physical nature. It's not a computer because it cannot do arbitrary calculations (you can't program it). If you call this a computer than you are forced to call a single pair of gears a computer or, a single resistor circuit (V=IR), in which case you are including any physical system for which we have discovered a mathematical law.

[ScribeOfShadows]

@tsarvey123 slight over simplification there on the a gear and single resister circuit analogy.

But this is a analog computer which is a bit limited in comparison to a everyday computer which we are used to today. If you keep in mind that its analog then this is the oldest computer known to man.

[tsarvey123]

@ScribeOfShadows I wasn't making an analogy. You can define a computer however you like but I assume you call this a computer because it does mathematical computations on the angular velocity of the input, such as multiplying it by 5/19, according to the video. However, this, and any other multiplication, can be achieved with a single pair of gears. So in order to call this a computer, but not a single pair of gears, you have to define some arbitrary minimum complexity to be considered a comp

[ScribeOfShadows]

@tsarvey123 maybe have a look at the deffinition Analog Computer,on wikipedia ;)

[tsarvey123]

@ScribeOfShadows Yes, I already saw the Wikipedia page on analog computers before I made my last post. As long as we are using Wikipedia to form our opinions about a very abstract idea such as what we consider to be a computer, perhaps you should delve a little deeper and actually read the definition given by Wikipedia: "The minimal definition of a computer is anything that transforms information in a purposeful way." Vague right? That's why I was asking you to form your own opinion.

[ScribeOfShadows]

@tsarvey123 it maybe vague. But by that definition this is a computer of sorts. You are saying its not a computer. I'm not using wikipedia to form opinions just to highlight. Slight difference.

Your quite passionate that in your view that this is not a computer. I'm just pointed out in my first comment, that in the future what we regard as computers may seem just as primitive to them as this is to us.

[tsarvey123]

@ScribeOfShadows Well, my point was that I do not consider this to be a computer because I do not like the vague definition under which this would be considered a computer and that if one chooses to use that definition it could include such simple systems as a single pair of gears if one regards the multiplication of the angular velocity as a purposeful transformation of information. Under that definition, this would hardly be the oldest computer, just a notably sophisticated one.

[Sunamifishsurvivor]

@tsarvey123 wet pants much

[idioticinagoodway]

11 people needed t know when the next LUNAR eclipse was

[DrakeMagnum]

This is a terrific video about a terrific project. Thank you NewScientist!

[dr4t]

oh come on! why would someone dislike this? GEES!

[TrickStatus]

Just add 1.21 GigaWatts.

[Koumacsi]

I shat Lego bircks.

[wolfekeeper]

So how does the computer's time travel feature work?

/only listening to overdramatic music

[KennyGJE]

Mind: Blown

[blazednlovinit]

Truly Epic

[InBrooksProductions]

awesome



[1BustedMyth]

Incredible !

[M4ruta]

That was awesome

[Supuhstar]

totally Inception trailer music.

[mariachi82]

Dam the Dark Ages with religion forced upon us, enslaving our minds and holding progress back from us...

[Mastervitro]

@mariachi82 dam catholic church, we could of had portable intergalactic wormhole generators inside our bodies controled by our thoughts by now :(

[ObliviuxProductions]

@mariachi82

Right... blame religion this blame religion that. Nothing but words coming out from the ignorant. Religion was nothing but a right step to modern civilization and it's technological advancements.

You might want to blame greed and hate for destroying centuries of wonderful work.

[angryafghan]

@mariachi82 Strictly speaking the Greeks had religion, but an entirely different sort of religion, which we now refer to as Greek Mythology. Personally I can't wait until people begin making references to "Abrahamic Mythology."

[pgdevil]

@mariachi82 Indeed, the current technological revolution could of happened a thousand years ago, but that could have also meant the destruction of civilization a thousand years ago. Remember that the future is not written and that we all have a hand in this. We are the writers of our own destines in what I would call the most important period in human history. Use what you have to make the future a future worth living in.

[KaizokuSencho]

@mariachi82

Yes, we would have been on the moon in the 8th century, vaccines two hundred years earlier than that, world wars in the 7th, massive environmental catastrophies inbetween and today global warming would be cancelled by a massive nuclear winter.. oh... am I pessimistic?

[fog0death]

@mariachi82 No, the Dark Ages happened in Europe to the Christians. Meanwhile, as the Dark Ages were happening, the Muslims who believed in a God were happily inventing Algebra and Chemistry.

I just proved you wrong. I love it when you fools try to brainwash other faithless fools with your crap. I have been granted a brain by God, and I shall use my God-given brain to prove you fools wrong.

[wwickeddogg]

@fog0death lol, the muslims are having their dark ages now. Which god gave you a brain, because if it was the christian one, then crediting the muslim myth with benefiting mankind seems kind of stupid. That would mean that a fictional muslim god was more useful than a real christian god.

[fog0death]

@wwickeddogg Yes the Muslims are having their dark ages now. But do you know why? It's because America is supporting dictators and invading Muslim countries.

Sadam Hussain in Iraq was SUPPORTED by America, just as the Shah in Iran was, and how Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and Pakistan have American-supported dictators. Afghanistan and Iraq were invaded, and Palestine has been destroyed because of American-supported Israel.

And why were the Christians having a Dark Age?

[fog0death]

@wwickeddogg Because there was a plague which killed off 2 thirds of Europe's population.

Yes I just used facts to prove you wrong. It isn't religion that causes dark ages, it's death and poverty.

[winterstellar]

@fog0death The dark ages had lasted almost 1000 years when the plague hit Europe. Just following the plague came the renaissance, so in a way the plague was a good thing for civilisation.: )

[fog0death]

@wwickeddogg "Which god gave you a brain, because of it was a christian one,..."

Muslims, Jews and Unitarian Christians all believe in the same God.

However most Christians today believe in the pagan trinity that the Romans invented since a lot of their citizens were pagan at the time. Of course we can't forget Paul, who made Christians think that Jesus was a god.

[EclecticSceptic]

@fog0death Nice summary

[bobbabaa]

@mariachi82 exactly.....i believe that if there was no religion people would be more intelligent and civilized by now.....and if u are asking would everyone be bad without religion and stuff.....well i have to say that humans are born to be naturally good...like the humans nature is to be good....

[LNOL]

@mariachi82 Correlation does not indicate causality.

[Jansper]

@mariachi82 ohh man so true! damn the dark ages, lets hope shit like that doesn't repeat itself!! (Madmax?)

[professional80]

@mariachi82 True, we could be so much more advanced if the church didn't hold us back.

[av3nger3]

@professional80

The church doesn't hold anything or one back.

[professional80]

@av3nger3 Hmmm, scientist were forbidden to say the Earth wasn't the center of the universe. Professors were prohibited from saying the Earth revolves around the Sun. Recently, little boys were "oppressed" by older priest.

[b6a6ss]

@mariachi82 you still say dark ages they were the golden ages watch the 1001 inventions and know the truth

[IrradicableOne]

@mariachi82 You're only as enslaved as you believe yourself to be.

[HaadkaHawd]

@mariachi82 Yes false religion kept you behind until the Sun of Islam shone on Spain and all Europe showing how true religion and true science go in parallel. Nearly all scholars of Islam where chemists, mathematicians and doctors. Proof: Read in wiki about Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Avicenna, Alhazen, and Ibn Hazm to name a few

[HaadkaHawd]

@mariachi82 One more note, this video is about computers, computer run on algorithms, and algorithm is named after a major Islamic scholar and mathematician (Al-khawarizmi) who was the first to write algorithms. So if you attack religion, plz be specific and don't stereotype.

[XemnasNo1]

Those people have waaaaaaay too much time...

[matthewmch]

hans zimmer soundtrack?

[TheFluffyDuck]

Absolutely amazing. We don't give our ancestors much credit.

Science and maths for the WIN!!!

[bobbabaa]

@TheFluffyDuck love em both.....

[whytyt]

probably took the whoever that built the original one 30yrs, not 30days, to build it

[Oratles]

damn that was one epic music dedicated to legos

[Wolsk]

Awesome.

[sablephoenix]

I think the Antikythera device is fascinating, but I LOVE this music! Where can I get it?

[darkwolve16]

gah! everyone knows legos are the coolest damn things in the universe

[JassiusJay]

Damn we have to wait until 2024 for the next eclipse??

[Metaldude1945]

If it wasn't for christianity... the greeks and the romans would've brought us so much farther than now, and we would be more advanced now...

[deathjester145]

@Metaldude1945 just like the family guy episode where stewie and brian go to a different dimension where religion never happened

[Metaldude1945]

@deathjester145 Where christianity* didn't happen. Old European religions were fine.

[seapilot4972]

Fantastic!

[trakkaton]

That's a clock, not a computer.

[TrickStatus]

@trakkaton

It's not a clock, or a computer.

It's a time machine.

[MustangGT520]

hey anons

what songs name ?

[TheStarlessAeon]

this just goes to show.... had science not been constricted in ages before... Just imagine where we would be now.

[jmm00702]

@TheStarlessAeon probably all dead due to some fucking freaks throwing bombs at each other for no apparent reason. Humanity had to mature before science evolved so as to get ready to confront all the risks it involves. In fact nowadays there's still a lack of maturity that makes science an everyday risk for everyone. But just imagine a medieval king, only thinking about war and conquering, with possession of any nuclear weapon. 1 person takes a couple decades to mature, all humanity, milleniums

[TheStarlessAeon]

@jmm00702 true.... but had we all been more into science etc, religion would be more on the wayside and people would be relying on facts to make judgements about society and stuff.

with the development of tech would come the development of social norms... what matters really is whether 2 different people have the tech around the similar time and it spreads. it's only if 1 person has exclusivity... hell people were pretty much like that before anyway, romans, brits, persians... etc.

[TheLiberalSoup]

thank you for saying bce

[rhoadess]

Cool!!! amazing how far we have been, it just shows that knowledge can increase and decrease, and is not necessairly cumulative.

[NOTHINGbutCOMEDY]

BLOOODY GENIUS !

[MelleB90]

Who else was expecting "INCEPTION" to pop up at the end of this video.

Nice music!

[XianL]

@MelleB90 Exactly what I was thinking XD

[cthgff435]

@MelleB90 haha, so true.

They should actually make this as a kit!