Tag: Hungarian

Although built as an art piece, Nicolas Schöffer's CYSP-1 (a name composed of the first letters of CYbernetics and SPatiodynamic) is significant both in terms of the introduction of a new art form, as well as being a serious attempt  as an autonomous "being".  Schöffer was the first artist to be inspired by the new science …

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I found a single reference to a French Electric Dog that "will jump out of its kennel when a whistle sounds". The rest of the brief article talks about Miessner's "Electric Dog". Ingenious Mechanism – Le Grand Reporter, 30 Dec 1921 p2  The electric dog which will follow a lantern in the dark—a mechanical curio constructed by …

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