A distant ancestor of the modern programmable computer

RantWoman is deeply amused by the marriage of robotics and writer's craft embodied in this centuries-old creation by a Swiss watchmaker.


http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton

A special thank you to RantWoman's favorite Uncle Spam for the opportunity to devote nearly 5 minutes of life to a "distant ancestor of the modern programmable computer:"

Human writers may balk at the thought that their activity can be reduced to interaction of a bunch of cams, but the last minute or so present a fascinating approach to ending writer's block or at least shifting to new fixations.