This Doll From The 18th Century May Be One Of The First Computers

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

World Doll Day is tomorrow. And while the world has lots of amazing and well-loved dolls, there aren’t many like the 18th Century automata known as The Writer. Plus: today in 1928, the birthday of author and artist Maurice Sendak, who once sent a very tasty message to a young fan. Remarkable 240-Year-Old Doll Automaton Can Write Actual Programmable Text (My Modern Met) Maurice Sendak and childhood — we ate it up, we loved it (Washington Post) Be a doll and join our community of backers on Patreon, would you please?

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