a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
TIN MAN AS WALKING ADVERTISEMENT – Popular Science Nov 1910. A hardware dealer in Clintonville, Wis., recently built a giant tin man of materials on sale in his store, hired a man to walk the streets inside of it, and as a result drew much attention to his wares. The giant of tin was 8 ft. …
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In 1953, the Soviet acrobat, athlete, illusionist Anatoly Sokol (his real surname was Sadokha) has prepared an original attraction “The Miracles without Miracles”. The stunts, built on the use of telemechanics, high frequency currents, ultrasound, radio engineering (radio engineers A. Tyushkevich and V. Sidyakin), were performed for the first time in this attraction. In 1966 …
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WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 14 Your browser does not support iframes. One of the funniest video clips I've ever seen (1m 42sec into preview). 1630.24 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 14 (1:47:33:00 – 1:50:25:00) 05/07/1934 French fake Titles read: "Would you believe it? Queer things the World over. No. 14." At unidentified location …
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Source: The Advertiser (South Australia) 11 Oct 1931. Mar 12 1938 The Market Traders Review The Market Traders Review – The Official Organ of The National Market Traders' Federation. Supplement to The World's Fair, Saturday March 12th 1938 17'x12', 12 pages of fascinating countrywide local articles with lots of names and places mentioned …
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