The making of Thomas J. Kuntz' "Lilly's Cabinet of Mystery"

I'm a big fan of tantalizingly complex pre-electric automatons and computers, from the mechanism found at Antikythera to the Blaise Bontems. In an hourlong documentary, embedded below, Professor Simon Schaffer… READ THE REST

If you're a fan of automata, you'll want to check out Atlas Obscura's list of Automata to visit around the world. Although self-operating machines were a thing far earlier in… READ THE REST

This creepy monkey automata with red light-up eyes has crawled straight out of hell to haunt with its presence. This thing rules, and I'm incredibly jealous of its owner. I… READ THE REST

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