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madokie

(51,076 posts)
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 10:10 PM Apr 2016

The Writer Automaton, Switzerland. Enjoy ETA: link included now

its things like this that to me makes the cost of the Internet worth every cent of it.

The Writer Automaton, Switzerland

A 240 year old doll that can write, a clockwork creation by Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a Swiss watchmaker. The doll is able to write any custom text up to 40 letters long, and it uses a goose feather to write, which he inks from time to time, including a shake of the wrist to prevent ink from spilling. His eyes follow the text being written, and the head moves when he takes some ink. You can view this doll in person at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire of Neuchâtel, in Switzerland.


http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton


ETA: mybad, I forgot the link

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The Writer Automaton, Switzerland. Enjoy ETA: link included now (Original Post) madokie Apr 2016 OP
I love that 2naSalit Apr 2016 #1
There is now, I fixed it madokie Apr 2016 #2
wow yourpaljoey Apr 2016 #3
Fantastic! cyberswede Apr 2016 #4

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)
1. I love that
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 10:13 PM
Apr 2016

automaton but there's no link or picture in your post.

ETA: you must have seen it while I was typing.

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