Re-imagining Old Machines

[Dave Hughes]

I'm not sure if it's the relentless march of AI or something else, but on this website I recently came across, and I'm sure there are other similar sites, they seem to have "re-imagined" the machines they are describing, rather than use a proper image.

Boris Smus, who created these images, explains how they were created here: Invention Cards Enhanced by AI

A great deal of creativity has been employed!

First up, the Linotype machine:



And the Printing Press:



I'm not sure what "proto-printing" was, but if I need some doing I shall seek out the Chinese or Sumerians!

[printsmurf]

I quite like the expression 'metal characters dipped in ink' on the second card.