Brainstorming 2014

[emily_shore]

Since we've had the new eligibility rules, it must be time to start brainstorming nominations

Comments

[gehayi]

I made a mistake. It's Jaquet-Droz automata. And yes. I have a link. This will take you to a playlist of twenty-eight videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WofWNcMHcl0&list=PLKg2FUdJ7HQhQJUqR9cLhafwjdgIId5-c

(Most of the videos are not in English, which is frustrating.)

Here's an article about the automata:

http://en.neuchatelville.ch/profils/residents.asp/1-11-160-21345-10001-1001-1-1-2-1/2-0-1345-10001-1000-2-0/

And another, which shows the pictures drawn by the Draughtsman. ("Mon toutou," written under a picture of a dog, means "my puppy" or,, more accurately, "my doggie.")

http://www.automates-anciens.com/english_version/main_pages/androids_jaquet_droz.php

And this Mental Floss article, which features other automata besides the ones by Jaquet-Droz:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/28800/8-amazing-automatons-minds-behind-them

Here's a picture of the Musician and the Writer:



And here is the Draughtsman:



The amazing thing, according to History-Computer.com, is that the automata are in virtually the same condition as when they were made.

[debirlfan]

Thanks! I'll go check those out. And of course they're in mint condition - they're alive. And immortal. :)