Brian Dunning wrote an interesting article about the Antikythera Mechanism: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4184 http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4184 "Astronomers a

Brian Dunning wrote an interesting article about the Antikythera Mechanism: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4184 http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4184 "Astronomers and astrologers probably could not have afforded it. It could have been used as an education tool. Most likely it was built for wealthy Romans who had some interest in its features, probably not too different from early adopters who wanted to have the first iPhone with all the cool apps."