a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Targeting a different market audience, Westinghouse produced a female version of Herbert Televox. Katrina was based on the second model that ran sound tapes, and appeared between May 1930 through April 1931. Note that only the wallboard cutout is different, and I suppose the voice tapes were of a female voice as well. from Kerrville Mountain …
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The above image is sourced from : http://www.circusmuseum.nl/eng/ search under Wendling Collectie Circusarchief Jaap Best Tekst achterzijde foto Televox. Der Maschinen Mensch. Erfinder: Ing. Eugène Wendling. 1930. Grand Hotel et surselva Waldhaus-Films Jaar vervaardiging 1930 Personen Wending, Eugène *Not to be confused with Wensley's Herbert Televox in America. from Chapius Droz book AUTOMATA There is …
from Simpsons' Daily Leader-Times 12 Mar 1930 p9 With the increasing replacement of men by machins, the laborer in the future may look something like the grotesque figure shown in the above photo. This mechanical "robot" man attracted .considerable attention at the" British Industrial Fair held recently at Birmingham, England. The sign reads: "More output …