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Mechanic

This 240 year old mechanical boy could be classed as a special purpose computer.

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

George Finn (Mechanic)
Gold Coast
Queensland
AUSTRALIA


Dave Hughes

Brilliant piece of slightly spooky machinery.

Can be programmed to write whatever you want.

I've put the same video here:


http://youtu.be/FUa7oBsSDk8
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Quote from: Mechanic on September 23, 2013, 12:48:25 AM
This 240 year old mechanical boy could be classed as a special purpose computer.

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

Is this where Twitter's 140 character limit comes from?


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