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4th Century BC Krater.
In the Jatta. National Archaeological Museum.
The Story - A giant Automaton made of Bronze to protect Europa from pirates and invaders. He circled the island's shores three times daily.
According to Brian A. Sparkes, "The most detailed treatment in literature is to be found in the Argonautica ... however, we have detailed images of the episode, 150 years earlier, dated to around 400 BC."
Talos is said to have been made by Hephaestus at the request of Zeus, to protect Europa from people who would want to kidnap her. In some versions of the myth, Talos is forged by the inventor Daedalus
In the Cretan dialect, talôs was the equivalent of the Greek hêlios, the Sun: the lexicon of Hesychius of Alexandria notes simply "Talos is the Sun". In Crete, Zeus was worshipped as Zeus Tallaios, "Solar Zeus", absorbing the earlier god as an epithet in the familiar sequence. The god was identified with the Tallaia, a spur of the Ida range in Crete. On the coin from Phaistos (illustration) he is winged; in Greek vase-paintings and Etruscan bronze mirrors he is not. The ideas of Talos vary widely, with one consistent detail: in Greek imagery outside Crete, Talos is always being vanquished: he seems to have been an enigmatic figure to the Greeks themselves.
Talos is described by Greeks in two versions. In one version, Talos is a gift from Hephaestus to Minos, forged with the aid of the Cyclopes in the form of a bull.
In the other version, Talos is a gift from Zeus to Europa.Or he may have been the son of Kres, the personification of Crete;in Argonautica Talos threw rocks at any approaching ship to protect his island.
In the Byzantine encyclopedia called the Suda, it is said that when the Sardinians did not wish to release Talos to Minos, he heated himself – by jumping into a fire – and clasped them in his embrace.
Talos had one vein, which went from his neck to his ankle, bound shut by only one bronze nail. The Argo, transporting Jason and the Argonauts, approached Crete after obtaining the Golden Fleece. As guardian of the island, Talos kept the Argo at bay by hurling great boulders at it. According to pseudo-Apollodorus' Bibliotheke, Talos was slain when Medea the sorceress either drove him mad with drugs, or deceived him into believing that she would make him immortal by removing the nail. In Argonautica, Medea hypnotized him from the Argo, driving him mad with the keres she raised, so that he dislodged the nail, and "the ichor ran out of him like molten lead", exsanguinating and killing him. Peter Green, translator of Argonautica, notes that the story is somewhat reminiscent of the story regarding the heel of Achilles
In Argonautica, Apollonius notes that "the ichor... ran out like molten lead". A. B. Cook first suggested that the single vein closed by a nail or plug referred to the lost-wax method of casting. Robert Graves (whose interpretation of Greek mythology is controversial among many scholars) suggests that this myth is based on a misinterpretation of an image of Athena demonstrating the process of lost-wax casting of steel, which Daedalus would have brought to Sardinia
2020 Funko Pop B9 Robot from Lost In Space and Robby from Forbidden Planet film - the 1960s TV Show Television - series 1965 - 1968 science fiction sci-fi adventure Irwin Allen Space Family Robinson Future Danger Will Robinson android mechanical man automaton plastic windup toy toys - a wind up walking Masudaya ROBOT YM-3 B-9 from also known as GUNTER which stands for General Utility Non Theorizing Environmental Robot
This is for Mary and Charles. I worked from photos, these characters are all based on real people, The order of the cards had to be perfect and pre-arranged.
I was soundly beaten by the gracious & awesome Jack M. from Automaton Pictures' pilot Alterf Skendiv but not before shooting his D-Wing to SMITHERINES! Now he'll have to build another ship and i'm using BRAIN CONTROL to make him create a T-Wing! MUAHAHAHAHAH! Thanks for a great contest to both JM/AP/AS and my first opponent Clone Emperor for a great contest!
Also a big THANKS! to VolumeX for the photography tips, aside from the space wrinkles and awesome lens flare i think these are much better than the ones I took for the first round.
here's the rest of the pictures I never got around to posting, I'm still really happy with this ship especially considering I basically built it in one night. =-D
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Zippity Aviary's D-Wing Starfighter (ZeeAye Shipyards DWYCK-92 Scout/Patrol Fighter)
Here's where you put the story when you write it... getting tight on time lemme post this then write my nonsense and edit this! thought Zippity...
The message was garbled but ZeeAye knew what he had to do. First things first he would collect the necessary supplies and pay a visit to his favorite spice den, hopefully Tahsoka Ano was there, he kind of had a thing for her. Years ago Zippity had a contract that required a special ship. Dr. Aviary built the DWYCK with misdirection in mind... at first glance it seemed to have just two small blasters in the nose, about right for anyone who might have business in the Outer Rim. But Zippity wasn't just anyone...
The ship was powered by a new modification of the standard Girodyne sublight engines he'd ordered for so many of his commissioned ships, but he had a new wrinkle on the old workhorse. By redirecting the powerflow as only Doc Zip could he was able to double the power while maintaining his full cruising range and actually increased maneuverability. This was standard fare for Z.A., the real stroke of genius proved to be a completely new type of hyperdrive that could get point SIX past light speed! Of course Zippity didn't advertise that. He painted it brightly to affect the look of a cruising yacht and disguised the real weapons load... Docking port stabilizers? who needs em! Zippity disguised a pair of rapid fire laser canons where similar craft might have had docking clamps... he wasn't making friends or inspecting ships... he was there for The Job and to get out. He didn't think anyone would like what they got if they got in his way. A full salvo of Zippity Industries top of the line homing missles with multipurpose programmable warheads would easily take out a SUPER Star Destroyer.
Even though it was just made for a contract it soon became one of Zippity's favorite ship, almost as synonymous with his arrival as sabotage, meyhem and destruction.
Poor Alterf Skendif probably knew that the Gang Starr Guild wanted him out of business... he thought he could afford to deal with their annoyance, he was doing well... he couldn't know he was just a mark to the one man you couldn't afford to have coming for you. Zippity could feel the credits in his pouch already as he made his way through hyperspace Nice & Smooth
Thanks to Jack/Alterf/Automaton for the awesome competition and kind words this round!
This is one of many, many automatons on display in the House on the Rock. Each one is coin operated and ready to amuse!
Antique paper automaton from Imagerie d' Epinal. Sand powered. N°4 likewise N°535 Size 39 x 49.2 cm² (15.38 x 19.38 in) ca. 1900/10 . Zouaves are North African soldiers who served in the French army.
This is a photograph, not yet widely circulated, of experimental research into creating a cyborg. Unfortunately I cannot reveal my sources, for reasons that should be obvious.
Here, the process is incomplete. The human skin has not yet covered the metallic, robotic parts. There is evidence to suggest that human organs are used and remain largely intact, however a metallic-like substance has been "grown" using similar methods to growing crystals.
One source states that the metallic substance contains human gene codes and, therefore can be "grown" organically. This is probably done using nanotechnological methods, in a similar fashion to"organic computing".
I apologise for the quality of the photograph, but the photograph was taken very quickly at a location that I cannot reveal.
The ethical issues surrounding this discovery are monumental. However I can assure all viewers that we witnessed no signs of life, whether physical or pertaining to consciousness.
More infomation can be found by contacting me by Flickr Mail.
Thank you
The Yurakucho Marion Clock
The Marion Building has a SEIKO Automaton Clock located above the front entrance. The clock’s face, with a diameter of 2.6 meters, opens automatically and dolls appear playing musical instruments each hour on the hour from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Public Clock Photography / 16:9 remastered 2017
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Zombie, "Bounty of the Roadside" Lucky find on
junk night in Palatine Illinois. Some assembly required.
I was coming home from a Model Engineering Meeting on the usual 1st Monday of the month, when driving down a side street, I spied couch in the distance. Driving closer, There was someone sitting on it. As I passed it turned out to be a Zombie, propped up with a can of beer in his hand.
This was too good and cool to pass up. I have sworn off junking, but for a Zombie, I decided to make an exception.
I pulled the pick up over and Mr. Zombie was quickly in the back for a nice comfy ride to his new home. (I left the couch)
The Zombie is well made, He moans and groans, the arms wave, the head rotates and torso vibrates. It is voice and motion activated, so when you come near, he springs into action. The circuit board needs repair, some switches replaced and wiring repair.
For all the stuff I can fix, I never thought I would be doing Zombie Repair.
The motorcycles, clocks, wind up Victrola, machines and cannons must be moved over, there is a Zombie moving in.
“The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.” - Steve Martin
Yes, the banjo is probably the least goth instrument there is (that and the kazoo). That being said, I still believe that it can be used to torture people just by playing it. :-)
Hedgehog Steambot Walker
by Brassbottom Workshop
"Hedgehog Steambot Walker: The AI companion in every battle."
(AI = Automaton Intelligence)
Sir Phileas Brassbottom prepares to present his automaton to the visitors as his assistant - Greasegob - welcomes them.
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Another pic taken with a Cellular Automaton Camera app known as ca-mera. Available on apple/itunes store.
One of the few remaining automaton soldiers created at the order of President Ulysses S. Grant to fight the giant desert lizards of the American west. This Clockwork Buffalo Soldier is located at the Museum of Westward Expansion, located beneath the Trans-dimensional Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO.
I love the word Industrial. I love the word automaton even more.
This is my new favorite find ever. It is in an abandoned junkyard upstate that contains hundreds of wrecks from the 40's and 50's, many of them in great shape. In fact only a few had any damage that would indicate why they had been sent to the junkheap in the first place.
The first time I laid eyes on the rear of this panel van I just sat and stared. What was it? It says Industrial Luncheon Service.
It brings to mind visions of Orson Wells and robotic automatons serving people lunch in expansive industrial complexes.
Do not feed giraffe.
Paper automaton Giraffe designed by Keisuke Saka modified and enhanched, a woman: paper model on "Brother creative center, designed by Rob Ives.
Artists unknown, Lombard art - Automaton (16th and 17th century). This devil was made by taking a sixteenth-century torso - possibly a "Christ at the Column", an episode of the flagellation of Christ - and incorporating a crank-driven clockwork mechanism to turn the head and the eyes and to stick out the tongue and make an inarticulate sound. A seventeenth-century description mentions horns and a collar that are now lost. In the collection of the Sforza Castle Pinacoteca, Milan.
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Zagreb - Exhibition: Nikola Tesla Mind of the Future
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www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/donosimo-veliki-vodic-kroz-...