September 10, 2008

Amateur Chemist’s Robot (Apr, 1936)

Filed under: Chemistry, Robots — @ 12:58 am
Source: Science And Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1936
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Amateur Chemist’s Robot
Hyman Cordon, chemical student, of Boston, with a “man” he built out of rubber, glass, and other scraps. It eats food and digests it in human fashion, having heart, intestines, lungs, bladder, etc. It was exhibited at a recent “science fair.” (Int. News)

5 Comments »

  1. Until it runs out of chemicals i suppose

    Comment by JM — September 10, 2008 @ 8:29 am

  2. This is the kind of project that draws the chicks like an electromagnet! Hey, Hyman, dial down the studliness and leave some women for the rest of us!

    Comment by TW — September 11, 2008 @ 8:23 pm

  3. It was exhibited at a recent “science fair.”

    With the quotes, does this mean that it’s not really a science fair?

    Comment by Vozpit — September 12, 2008 @ 5:44 am

  4. Maybe it was really an art exhibition, like this one:

    http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/cloaca_maxima

    Comment by B22 — September 14, 2008 @ 4:38 pm

  5. Or this one:

    http://www.absolutearts.com/ar.....29594.html

    Comment by B22 — September 14, 2008 @ 4:43 pm

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