‘The Writer,’ 1 of 3 surviving automata
from the 18th century, is a programmable
boy that uses quill and ink to write any 40
letters of custom text. This 240-year-old
automaton uses all 6,000 of its parts to
create just enough pressure for fluid,
elegant writing, and is thought by
some to be the first computer. Source
This is truly a masterpiece of engineering from an early age. So amazing!
okay LOOK. I understand that on a purely mechanical and engineering level that this is an incredible piece but if scifi and fantasy media has taught me anything it’s that this motherfucker is haunted af and probably writes out gruesome deaths that mysteriously end up coming to pass thanks but NO THANKS BYE
computer science major here, i’m with haunted guy
Writer is actually one of a set language of three! The other ones play the organ:
And draw (it produces four different drawings):
Thank you for these images. Which just might give me nightmares.
This is the worst update I could have ever been updated with, thank you.
One writes your death. One draws it. One spontaneously starts to play when the moment is upon you.
My math class was doing a statistics project where we measured the rate of a young boy’s still living body decaying. We collected data on how many of his vertebrae had been taken by birds, how many cm squared of his skin was covered in mushrooms, etc. Every time we went to collect data, he begged us to save him, but my teacher hurried us away. When I asked my teacher why we couldn’t help him, he just said, “Be grateful it isn’t you.”
I love how everyone is like “lol forgot to read the url” like the fact that this was a dream makes it less horrifying.
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