a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Alpha the Robot at the 1935-7 San Diego Exposition held at Balboa Park. Alpha the Robot kidnapping Queen Zorine of the Nudists. 1935 – Alpha the Robot [Image date incorrect]. Called “Zoro Gardens,” the exhibit featured 50 nudists from “nature cults” all over the world. The colony was presided over by a King Adolf and …
information sourced from http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/25847 But thanks to a recent eBay purchase and some additional research of my own, I now know the still to be precisely what it claims to be… an MGM publicity still, circa 1928, when LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT was enjoying its initial run in theatres. The 'mystery man' in the photo is …
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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MISS HONEYWELL Olympia, London. – Issue Date: 27/06/1968 At the Instruments, Electronics and Automatic Exhibition we see a futuristic 'robot girl' demonstrating various pieces of equipment by computer company Honeywell Controls Ltd. A man takes the headless robot body from a cupboard and puts a circuit disc into her back. Putting the body back in …