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It's huge, with a great sense of humor.
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This Gigantic Laughing Kookaburra Is Out to Brighten Your Day

A sculptor hitched the cackling bird to a trailer and is taking it on the road.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 8, 2020
<em>Karakuri</em> dolls have been an ornate element of Japanese craftsmanship since the Edo period.
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What It’s Like to Build a Traditional Japanese Automaton From Scratch

All you need is a good imagination. And a whole lot of patience.
Isaac Schultz June 4, 2020
Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell With Antiquarian Horologist Nico Cox

9:24
Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell: The Mechanical Magic of Scotland’s House of Automata

16:44
Museum Tinguely.
Basel, Switzerland

Museum Tinguely

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.
Oh, the things that hit our earholes.
mummies

Overheard at Atlas Obscura in 2018

From bioluminescent fungus to random bone houses, here's what we talk about at the office.
Ella Morton December 27, 2018
Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina with six violins.
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany

Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.
The cockfight at Plaza Patria.
Aguascalientes, Mexico

Automaton Clocks of Aguascalientes

Public clocks around the city chime with bullfights, cockfights, old railways, and other local traditions.
Two people chat by a chilled fruit machine, among other vending machines, in 1959.
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Vending Machines in the U.S. Once Dispensed More Than Chips and Cookies

Where did the pie and hot dogs go?
Paula Mejia December 13, 2017
Welcome to the Under the Pier Show.
Southwold, England

Under the Pier Show

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.
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How an Antiquarian Horologist Brings Tiny Machines Back to Life

The minutiae of restoring 18th-century technology.
Tao Tao Holmes February 6, 2017
Prague, Czechia

Hlava Franze Kafky (Franz Kafka's Head)

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
The statue in London for the Olympic games.
Prague, Czechia

London Booster

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.
London, England

Novelty Automation

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
A player piano.
mechanical instruments

Watch a Player Piano Rock Out

This piano tickles its own ivories.
Molly McBride Jacobson September 23, 2016
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Maillardet's Automaton

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
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Text-To-Speech in 1846 Involved a Talking Robotic Head With Ringlets

Meet the Euphonia, a machine that boasted the ability to replicate human speech.
Addison Nugent March 9, 2016
Glockenspiel of Hameln
Hamelin, Germany

Glockenspiel of Hameln

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.