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Bevan ThomasScientist, philosopher, and Catholic saint Albertus Magnus supposedly built a brass man that could answer any question. However, this automaton never stopped talking, which so annoyed Albertus' disciple Thomas Aquinas that Thomas smashed it to pieces with a hammer.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Catholicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catholicism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Saint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Saint</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Occult</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alchemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alchemy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Automaton</a>

IT NewsHackaday Links: June 22, 2025 - Hold onto your hats, everyone — there’s stunning news afoot. It’s hard to believe,... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/hackaday-links-june-22-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/hackaday-links-june-22-2025/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reverseengineering</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrotechtacular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrotechtacular</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackadaycolumns</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaylinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackadaylinks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/asciimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#asciimation</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mtrek1701" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mtrek1701</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firmware</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chatbot</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chatgpt</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/telnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telnet</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#robot</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ecu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecu</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#llm</a>

AI6YR BenLOL, accidentally ran across this photo of an actual, musical organ design (Tipu's Tiger). It's an automaton (ie early "robot").<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/musicalinstruments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musicalinstruments</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/tiger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tiger</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#robot</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_India_Museum_Revisited/KFnWEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22pai+jamahs%22&pg=PA60&printsec=frontcover" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_India_Museum_Revisited/KFnWEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22pai+jamahs%22&pg=PA60&printsec=frontcover</a>

Bevan ThomasIn Greek mythology, the smith god Hephaestus built many metal automatons, including tripods with golden wheels, golden and silver lion and dog guardians, the bronze giant Talos, and even golden handmaidens who could think and feel (and who helped the crippled god to walk).<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#31DaysofHaunting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicalMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreekMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicalFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GreekFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreekFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greece</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Robot</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Automaton</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hephaestus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hephaestus</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vulcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vulcan</a>

Global MuseumVictorian pig automaton on wheels. @CuriosMuseum <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pigs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Victorian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a>

Hitchin HackspaceToday we returned the repaired Shoemaker Automaton shop display to Nikki and Jamie from Jamie's Shoe Repairs in Hitchin Town Center. We were initially contacted by Maggie, whose grandson Miles loved to visit Jamie's shop window to see the Shoemaker repairing his shoe, after she found out that he had broken down after a smash-n-grab attempt to steal him from the shop window. He is now back home and running again with a new motor, some new bearing bushes and a bit of minor adjusting. <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Hitchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hitchin</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Hackspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hackspace</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Repair</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HelpingTheCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HelpingTheCommunity</a>

IT NewsRobot: You Keep Using That Word But It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means - The flute player automaton by Innocenzo Manzetti (1840) With many words which are ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/01/24/robot-you-keep-using-that-word-but-it-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2024/01/24/robot-you-keep-using-that-word-but-it-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/karl%C4%8Dapek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#karlčapek</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#android</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#robot</a>

IT NewsRestoring the Silver Swan Automaton - It’s easier than ever to build your own robot, but humans have been building autom... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/11/18/restoring-the-silver-swan-automaton/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2023/11/18/restoring-the-silver-swan-automaton/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kineticsculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kineticsculpture</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/robotshacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#robotshacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/museumpiece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#museumpiece</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kineticart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kineticart</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/swan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#swan</a>

The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨Keeping the 250-year-old Silver Swan automaton in mint condition requires precise work and skilled <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a>. In this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> by the Bowes <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Museum</a>, clockmaker and conservator Matthew Read showcases the delicate mechanisms and intricate movements of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a>. The Silver Swan, created by James Cox in the 18th century, continues to fascinate audiences with its lifelike motions. 🦢🤖😲👉 Watch it: <a href="https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/silver-swan-bowes-museum-automaton" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/silver-swan-bowes-museum-automaton</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/tksst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tksst</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/1700s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1700s</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#animals</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#engineering</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/england" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#england</a>

IT NewsThe Chess Computer from 1912 - Who was [Leonardo Torres Quevedo]? Not exactly a household name, but as [IEEE Spec... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/07/03/the-chess-computer-from-1912/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2023/07/03/the-chess-computer-from-1912/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chesscomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chesscomputer</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/classichacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classichacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mechanical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mechanical</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chess</a>

IT NewsThe Most Ornate Birdbath You’ve Ever Seen - When one thinks of art, a birdbath may not be the first thing that comes to mind. ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/06/04/the-most-ornate-birdbath-youve-ever-seen/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2023/06/04/the-most-ornate-birdbath-youve-ever-seen/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kineticsculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kineticsculpture</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kineticart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kineticart</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a>

PSiReN-X<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Welcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Welcome</a> to <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/TheThuleSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheThuleSociety</a> Your host: <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/KarlRuprectKroenen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KarlRuprectKroenen</a> ably assisted by <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Automaton</a> and <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/CluckworkOrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CluckworkOrange</a>🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | 🪐🦹🚀🦄🚀🦹🪐

Dawn NelsonAntique Fortune Teller Machine✨ Your Fortune Told by the Human Voice⚡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fortuneteller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fortuneteller</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amusement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amusement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fortune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fortune</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antique</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#machine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collectible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#collectible</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1900s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1900s</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MillsNoveltyCo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MillsNoveltyCo</a>

Dawn NelsonAll I want for Christmas is a vintage Fortune Teller machine ✨<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fortuneteller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fortuneteller</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/giftideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#giftideas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#christmas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xmas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fortune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fortune</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crystalball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crystalball</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amusement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amusement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#automaton</a>

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