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240 year old doll - animated and programmable
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:41 am
by robmoore
Re: 240 year old doll - animated and programmable
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:53 am
by Stickbow Hunter
Amazing mate. I have never heard of that before.
Jeff
Re: 240 year old doll - animated and programmable
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:10 am
by hardgainer
That is just mind blowing amazing....I new there had been some great Automaton's built way back but that is just incredible.
Thanks for posting.
Tony S
Re: 240 year old doll - animated and programmable
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:47 pm
by bigbob
I watched the program on TV in full and sure left me gobsmacked.How brilliant a mind they had so long ago.
Re: 240 year old doll - animated and programmable
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:37 pm
by discord
I saw this doco a few months ago, I was also gobsmacked. Great bit of TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rVevX-YXqo
for anyone that hasn't seen it.
Also worth checking out is this radio show about a 450 year old 'robot'
http://www.radiolab.org/story/140632-clockwork-miracle/
The story behind it is as amazing as the machine itself.
Re: 240 year old doll - animated and programmable
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:04 pm
by hardgainer
Great posting Discord........My brain still whirls at the genius of these builders. I saw some great examples at the Peterhof in Russia of paddling flapping quacking mechanical ducks that still leaves me stuffed as to how they got them to work.
I think maybe in this day we are not as clever as we think.
Tony S