Baroque Androids, Automata and Watches

Short overview of the work of Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz.
Amazing what can be done by mechanical means alone!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Jaquet-Droz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaquet-Droz_automata
"Some consider these devices to be the oldest examples of the computer."

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