a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Submarine Armor invented by Charles H. Jackson achieved a depth of 360 feet in December 1919 with Frank Turner as the diver. Deep Sea Suits and Diving Records Source: Scientific American (January 1920) There appears to be no little rivalry of late in the matter of diving suits and deep sea diving records. And why …
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GIANT MECHANICAL MAN WALKS CITY STREETS For centuries mechanicians have busied themselves with mechanical figures, or automatons, Which could imitate the actions of men and beasts. They have devised mechanical butlers, flute players, buglers, tambourine players, and chess players; but it remained for an American inventor to build the steel pedestrian Which draws along the …
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