The Antikythera Mechanism on the OLPC

Overview

Antikythera Mechanism

Front Dial Function

Front Dial

Luni-Solar Calendar

Eclipse Prediction

Back Dial

Educational Context

One Laptop per Child

Platform Overview

Software Overview

Squeak

EToys

Basic Idea

A Simple Example

Processing

A Student’s Toolbox

Programming

EToys Context

Polygons

Calculating with Gears

Functional Decomposition

Gear Placement

Gear Movement

Example: Luni-Solar Calendar

Eclipse Prediction

Sidereal Month

Hipparchos’s Mechanism

Tens of Other Applications

Contact Details