Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

...because some of it is pretty and some of it is not.

Saturday, December 15, 2018

The Writing Machine

The video I have posted is about five minutes in length.  The video is about something called an “automaton.”  Made by a Swiss watchmaker in the 1770s, this writing machine is the mechanical version of a modern computer.
I find the machine both a little creepy and beautiful at the same time.
—Mitchell Hegman
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY_wfKVjuJM 
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2 comments:

  1. Ariel MurphyDecember 16, 2018 at 4:51 PM

    Amazing! 15-year old creator was obviously a genius! What I wonder about is why he chose a child and not an adult.

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  2. Mitchell HegmanDecember 17, 2018 at 5:19 AM

    The entire story and the machine are amazing multiplied by itself!

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