World's oldest computer recreated in Lego

This might be a little old but is still really cool showing how Andrew Carol recreated an acient computer using lego parts.

The computer does the calculations required to determine eclipses and has been recreated many times since its discovery in the 1900's but this appears t be the first time it has been done using Lego parts.

The idea came from journalist Adam Rutherford who had seen a Babbage Difference Engine built by Carol and got in touch. "I asked him if he'd heard of the mechanism, and if he thought it was doable in Lego," says Rutherford. "A few weeks later, he sent me some pictures of a demo version he'd knocked up. It was stunning." 

I am always amazed at what people build out of Legos, 

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