Discovered in a shipwreck near Antikythera in 1900, the Antikythera Mechanism is a complex geared device used to model astronomical cycles. Research using X-rays, CT scanning, and surface imaging ...

Hidden for two millennia beneath the Mediterranean Sea, a corroded bronze device recovered from a Greek shipwreck has forced historians to rewrite the story of ancient technology. The Antikythera ...

For more than a century, a corroded bronze machine from ancient Greece called the Antikythera Mechanism has stood as evidence that complex mechanical thinking arrived far earlier than expected. New ...

A team of New York University scientists has created a gear mechanism that relies on fluids to generate rotation. The invention holds potential for a new generation of mechanical devices that offer ...

Two spinners inside a circular container and surrounded by liquid with bubbles that help to visualize the flows. The left spinner is actively driven to rotate with a motor (not shown) and the right ...

Several millennia ago, a Greek ship sank off the coast of an island in the Aegean Sea called Antikythera. It was carrying statues, coins, and one mysterious shoebox-sized object. Watch editors Andrew ...

These bewildering out-of-place artifacts, or OOPArts, often seem too advanced for their time and place, leading to wild theories about advanced ancient civilizations and even aliens. Out-of-place ...

Abstract: Sketch-based modeling studies reconstructing models from sketches automatically, allowing users visualize design concepts rapidly. Generating CAD models based on user sketches helps reduce ...

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The lithium-ion battery is a new energy storage device widely employed in various fields such as mobile power, electric vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and spacecrafts due to its high energy, high ...

For over a century, scientists have struggled to understand the Antikythera Mechanism — a mysterious bronze device pulled from an ancient Greek shipwreck. Now, astronomers and engineers finally ...