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240 year old doll that can write a letter
Posted on 7/25/15 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 7/25/15 at 2:08 pm
Very cool video of a clockwork creation by Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a Swiss watchmaker.
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Pretty amazing
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The doll is able to write any custom text up to 40 letters long, and it uses a goose feather to write, which he inks from time to time, including a shake of the wrist to prevent ink from spilling. His eyes follow the text being written, and the head moves when he takes some ink.
Pretty amazing
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Posted on 7/25/15 at 2:12 pm to Sho Nuff
I saw this on CBS Sunday Morning last year, but it is still amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 2:15 pm to Sho Nuff
I saw that a while back too, but it is amazing
Posted on 7/25/15 at 2:22 pm to Sho Nuff
That doll can write better than most high school mids these days.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 2:26 pm to Sho Nuff
damn that thing's creepy
Posted on 7/25/15 at 2:55 pm to el Gaucho
Yeah, it is a bit creepy but just don't have it in your bedroom and you'll be fine 
Posted on 7/25/15 at 3:15 pm to Sho Nuff
And there's like a 99% chance that the inventor had a wheel that consisted entirely of dick drawings.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 3:21 pm to THRILLHO
where can i buy one
Posted on 7/25/15 at 3:24 pm to THRILLHO
Posted on 7/25/15 at 3:48 pm to Sho Nuff
It's not a doll. It's a little boy that has been cursed to write letters for all of eternity.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 3:50 pm to Sho Nuff
Amazing.
So much frustration just thinking about the amount of trial and error the builder put into that.
So much frustration just thinking about the amount of trial and error the builder put into that.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 4:04 pm to Sho Nuff
Jaquet-Droz didn't build that!
2015-240 = 1775
I wonder what great technological adventures the Obama clan were discovering in 1775.
2015-240 = 1775
I wonder what great technological adventures the Obama clan were discovering in 1775.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 4:16 pm to Sho Nuff
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The doll is able to write any custom text up to 40 letters long, and it uses a goose feather to write, which he inks from time to time, including a shake of the wrist to prevent ink from spilling. His eyes follow the text being written, and the head moves when he takes some ink.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 4:33 pm to GoRuckTiger
Yep, the fact that there's other letter that can be put into it so you can pretty much write any letter you want is phenomenal for something 240 years old. It was a computer before one was ever thought of.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 4:40 pm to Sho Nuff
Fascinating.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 4:52 pm to Sho Nuff
IWHI
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