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		jonhendry on Dec 11, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple engineer uses Lego to rebuild Antikythera me... The same engineer also built a Lego Babbage difference engine: http://acarol.woz.org/difference_engine.html Anyone know what Mr. Carol works on at Apple?

eftpotrm on Dec 11, 2010 | [–]

Just while we're thinking this sort of thing, people might be interested to see http://www.meccano.us/. I believe Tim helped Andrew on his Lego difference engine, and he's now working on the Analytical Engine.

siglesias on Dec 11, 2010 | [–]

I've read OS X.

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