Frederick Ireland – cyberneticzoo.com http://cyberneticzoo.com a history of cybernetic animals and early robots Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:33:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 1904 – Enigmarelle – Alba Root / Frederick Ireland http://cyberneticzoo.com/not-quite-robots/1904-enigmarelle-alba-root-frederick-ireland/ http://cyberneticzoo.com/not-quite-robots/1904-enigmarelle-alba-root-frederick-ireland/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:57:14 +0000 http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=4239 (Images from Scientific American article Jan 13, 1906) January 13, 1906 edition of Scientific American. A CLEVER MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL AUTOMATON. An interesting, novel, and pseudo-scientific attraction has recently been entertaining London audiences at the Hippodrome variety theater. This is a cleverly-constructed figure which apparently walks and writes automatically. It is called Enigmarelle," and is seemingly […]

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