biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:
“ sauntering-vaguely-downwards:
“ roboticsappreciationsociety:
“ did-you-kno:
“ ‘The Writer,’ 1 of 3 surviving automata from the 18th century, is a programmable boy that uses quill and ink to write any 40 letters of...

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

sauntering-vaguely-downwards:

roboticsappreciationsociety:

did-you-kno:

‘The Writer,’ 1 of 3 surviving automata from the 18th century, is a programmable boy that uses quill and ink to write any 40 letters of custom text. This 240-year-old automaton uses all 6,000 of its parts to create just enough pressure for fluid, elegant writing, and is thought by some to be the first computer. Source

This is truly a masterpiece of engineering from an early age. So amazing!

okay LOOK. I understand that on a purely mechanical and engineering level that this is an incredible piece but if scifi and fantasy media has taught me anything it’s that this motherfucker is haunted af and probably writes out gruesome deaths that mysteriously end up coming to pass thanks but NO THANKS BYE

computer science major here, i’m with haunted guy

  1. sansy-undertales reblogged this from bananaink and added:
    Same
  2. sylvangoblin reblogged this from glumshoe
  3. mostfoughtoversixthgun reblogged this from mszombi
  4. ffamranxii reblogged this from did-you-know
  5. periodicattraction reblogged this from amautifect
  6. mewrails reblogged this from eilupt
  7. the-bibliophage221b reblogged this from sauntering-vaguely-downwards
  8. foilfreak reblogged this from vanoodle
  9. vanoodle reblogged this from crowaris
  10. me-and-my-magical-self reblogged this from keegan1232123
  11. mymotherdoesntlikeme reblogged this from chri5c38
  12. actiniarian reblogged this from keegan1232123
  13. keegan1232123 reblogged this from iseriouslyhateeveryone
  14. blackmambala reblogged this from iseriouslyhateeveryone
  15. iseriouslyhateeveryone reblogged this from dong-patrol
  16. boundvirtuoso reblogged this from eziltheratcatcher
  17. kingboo311 reblogged this from erinoodle
  18. did-you-know posted this
(c)