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It is fascinating to compare this (and the Jacquard loom) to the early electronic digital computers. In all cases part of the genius was to decompose complexity
by memracom 13y ago
It is fascinating to compare this (and the Jacquard loom) to the early electronic digital computers. In all cases part of the genius was to decompose complexity into a small set of operations which could be repeated and composed in many ways. There is a lesson here for software developers.
- ajoy 13y agotru that. There is actually a series of these automatons he built : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaquet-Droz_automata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaquet-Droz_automata I think the movie 'Hugo' was inspired by this. Other fascinating automatons : http://mentalfloss.com/article/28800/8-amazing-automatons-minds-behind-them http://mentalfloss.com/article/28800/8-amazing-automatons-mi... The complete 1 hour BBC documentary on automatons : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a683OObwLk4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a683OObwLk4 ( BBC Mechanical Marvels Clockwork Dreams )