a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Two girls inspecting the robot today. c1935. Mr. ENRICO GARCIA showing the "works" of the new ROBOT, which answers questions without codes. A ROBOT WITH BRAINS OF ITS OWN. 14 Years to perfect new invention. The "mental telepathy" ROBOT, on which Mr. ENRICO GARCIA has spent pounds700 and 14 years untiring effort to perfect, was …
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1919 – Diver's Armored Suit by Victor Campos. Rendering by Jason Clark. Diver's suit Publication number US1414174 A Publication type Grant Publication date Apr 25, 1922 Filing date Jul 17, 1919 Priority date Jul 17, 1919 Inventors Victor Campos Original Assignee Victor Campos 1. A diver's suit of a non-flexible pressure resisting material having members …
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Thanks to Antonio Gual of Barcelona, Spain who notified me of his father's old robot. The text is also by Antonio. 1953 El robot del meu pare / Dad's robot Als anys 50, el meu pare, l' Antoni Gual Segura i els seus companys de Radio Vilafranca del Penedès van dissenyar i construir "El Chispas", …
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Hombre FORCYLOR at a 1960 Trade Exhibition in Barcelona. "Hombre FORCYLOR" appeared as a promotional robot for a manufacturer of sheets, branded "Forcylor-Trinxet". Source: ABC (Madrid) 21 Nov 1956 p22 interrogue Vd. al ROBOT…!? todos los días, a partir de mañana, en ALMACENES SIMEON, Pza. Santa Ana, 14 El "Hombre FORCYLOR", es un alucinante personaje, un …
Jonah's House [La Casa Jonás in Spanish] Developed as a project named "Movil" [Cell or Cellular in English]. A pneumatic cellular structure whereby the wallsegments could be elongated or reduced according to the air-pressure in bellows attached to each side of the cell or segment. Source: http://arqueologiadelfuturo.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/la-casa-que-aprende-ii-197x-la-casa.html LA CASA JONAS, 1968 AUTOR: José Miguel de …
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