a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
“The Psychophonic Nurse”, by David H. Keller. Published in Amazing Stories, 1928 Illustration by Frank R. Paul. The Psychophonic Nurse A child-care robot – a nanny bot. “I had her made by the Eastinghouse Electric Company. You see, she’s just a machine nurse, but as she doesn’t eat anything, is on duty twenty-four hours a …
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In 1960, the indefatigable Gernsback came out with another lunar rover design. He called it the “Homobile.” It had a pressurized cabin mounted on tracks and powered by electricity from fuel cells, with a leg-powered generator as an alternate source of energy. The cabin also had a pair of manipulator arms. Source:Originally from “1961 Forecast”, …
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Amazing Stories, September 1944 Title: Stories of the Stars: Betelgeuse, in Orion Author: Morris J. Steele Year: 1944 Variant Title of: Stories of the Stars: Betelgeuse in Orion (by uncredited ) The back covers of 'Amazing Stories' featured fanciful illustrations of life on far-off worlds. "This weird scene on a planet of the giant sun, …
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