New work on reconstructing the Antikythera Mechanism

[Duncan Head]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/12/scientists-move-closer-to-solving-mystery-of-antikythera-mechanism
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84310-w

[Imperial Dave]

clever stuff....

[Mark G]

I've been keeping an eye out for news on this thing for at least a decade and a half now, it's possibly the coolest thing since the wheel.  Assuming it is a science thing and not a toy, jury still out unfortunately

[Jim Webster]

I've been keeping an eye out for news on this thing for at least a decade and a half now, it's possibly the coolest thing since the wheel.  Assuming it is a science thing and not a toy, jury still out unfortunately

Even if it's a toy, the level of technical expertise is amazing
And interesting, that level of skill exists but nothing came of it. So what skills have we got in society now that we see no point for because we're missing the obvious 

[Mark G]

Falling asleep in front of the telly.

Once we figure out how that skill is being wasted, there will be no stopping us.

Or did you mean capital S society?

[Jim Webster]

Falling asleep in front of the telly.

Once we figure out how that skill is being wasted, there will be no stopping us.

Or did you mean capital S society?

Don't knock it, how can a future tyrant indoctrinate us through the small screen when we merely snore in his general direction 

[Mark G]

Daily televised Covid briefings, I expect