Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Automata On The March

Posted by Hemos on from the the-joy-of-playing dept.

OldSchool writes "The Morris Museum (NJ) was recently awarded The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of 700 historic mechanical musical instruments and automata (mechanical figures). The extraordinary collection represents one of the most significant of its kind in the world. There's pictures, demos, and animation of these devices at the museum website."

1 of 53 comments (clear)

  1. Gibson Neuromancer Connection by taradfong · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did anyone else wonder if they'd have an extremely elaborate mechanical head that would somehow explain the Neuromancer story?

    --
    Does it hurt to hear them lying? Was this the only world you had?