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Made me think of Heinlein's story "Waldo" [1] which featured mechanical manipulators controlled by motions of the operator's hand and fingers. I thought, oho, t
by fernly 10y ago
Made me think of Heinlein's story "Waldo" [1] which featured mechanical manipulators controlled by motions of the operator's hand and fingers. I thought, oho, this is where Heinlein got the idea! But no! "Waldo" was published in 1942. Perhaps inspiration ran the other way.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_(short_story)
- shrikant 10y agoOooh, interesting. There's an episode of the TV show Black Mirror called "The Waldo Moment", which features an arrogant animated puppet that's entirely controlled by the motions of the operator's hand and fingers. I reckon this bit was clearly a reference to the Heinlein short story.
- grkvlt 10y agoAh, I had always assumed Waldo was an acronym or initialism of some kind; checking wikipedia shows they are named after the Heinlein story you mention!
- hollander 10y agoIs WALL-E named after him? I know that's an acronym for "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class", but I bet it's no coincidence.