In 1876, a fellow named Maybrook was killed by the hammer of a chiming automaton; Jeremy Clay, author of "The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton: And Other Singular Tales from the Victorian Press," tells Maybrook's tale over at the BBC News.
Ye olde automaton kills Victorian man
Hand-cranked wooden automata
Kazuaki Harada creates lots of charming and funny hand-cranked automata. READ THE REST
A hand-carved wooden clock that scribes the time on a magnetic board
Suzuki Kango carved over 400 wooden parts for his senior thesis exhibition project: it uses "four magnetic stylus pens on a magnetic drawing board to mechanically write the full time… READ THE REST
Cool mechanical model of a shell game con artist
I love this hand-cranked shell game automaton, built by Per Helldorff. And here's a flesh-and-blood shell game artist plying his trade on Westminster Bridge in London: The person who secretly… READ THE REST
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Dessert cheesecake wafer bear claw fruitcake. Fruitcake chupa chups donut candy canes marzipan. Apple pie sweet roll tart chocolate cake macaroon marshmallow carrot cake gummi bears sweet. Pastry sugar plum… READ THE REST
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We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds
While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST
