Automata
The ancient Greeks were among the first people to create automata, machines that imitate the motions of humans and animals. Hero of Alexandria wrote extensively about automata and invented se...
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LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A previously unrecorded Faberge
egg fetched nine million pounds ($18.5 million) on Wednesday,
setting an auction record for the jeweller, any Russian art
object and any ...
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Two rappers, sitting side-by-side in a House hearing room, went in different directions Tuesday on the need for hip-hop artists to expunge their work of sexist and violent language.One, Master P, a...
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Hitachi's new toddler-like robot rolled around and waved for reporters Wednesday, only to crash into a desk and demonstrate the challenge of turning automatons into everyday helpers.The red and whi...
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MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A Russian businessman with a
passion for Tsarist treasures said on Thursday he was behind the
record purchase of a Faberge egg in London for nine million
pounds ($18.5 m...
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RoboCops and robot soldiers got a little closer to reality Thursday as a maker of floor-cleaning automatons teamed up with a stun-gun manufacturer to arm track-wheeled 'bots for the police and the ...
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Walking west on 22nd Street, heading toward the Robert Gober show at Matthew Marks Gallery, I caught sight of what looked to be a diptych in the window of the D'Amelio Terras Gallery-two canvases, ...
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When Louis B. Mayer saw Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, he exploded, “How dare this young man, Wilder, bite the hand that feeds him?” (Wilder, who was present, replied, “I ...
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When Louis B. Mayer saw Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, he exploded, “How dare this young man, Wilder, bite the hand that feeds him?” (Wilder, who was present, replied, “I...
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A few weeks ago, just as Harvard sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan’s debut novel was about to appear on bookstore shelves, a dead, three-foot harbor porpoise was found at the mouth of a creek near...
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A few weeks ago, just as Harvard sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan’s debut novel was about to appear on bookstore shelves, a dead, three-foot harbor porpoise was found at the mouth of a creek near...
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Automata
Faberge egg fetches record $18.5 mln in London
