Automata Galleria
musical automata
The Turk (fraud!)
Jacques de Vaucanson's Canard Digˇrateur or Digesting Duck (partial fraud!)
Henri Maillardet's writing/drawing automaton
Etienne Jules Marey's scientific and medical instruments
The Draughtsman:
one |
two |
three |
four
The Musician:
one |
two |
three
Stampfer, Stroboscope disc, No. 3
Vaucanson, Duck
Links from class discussion:
Reborns
Tesla's Telautomaton
Afternoon
Intro to shops, hand tools, protocol, safety, etc.
Wood shop (3rd floor) hours:
Metal shop (5th floor) hours:
Electronics shop (room 324) is 24 hour access
Assignment: make a switch. A physical switch, a metaphorical switch, a human switch,
any kind of switch.
