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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."

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  1. um, yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    why is this stuff that matters ?

  2. Re:But... by Politburo · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's okay. We don't want you here anyway. Same with the mod that marked this 'insightful'.