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This Programmable 6,000-Part Drawing Boy Automata is Arguably the First Computer and It Was Built 240 Years Ago

Jaquet Droz "Story of the Unique" Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan. Ever since the brand adopted the motto “Some watches tell time, some tell a story”, its relationship with time, like with its customers, has been written like the chapters of a book, following a narration that covers not only contemporary creations by Jaquet Droz but also its 280 years of history. The design of the event at Tsutaya Books is centered around the presence of a life-size open book, inviting visitors to immerse themselves

The Writer, An 18th Century Mechanical Boy Automaton That Can Write Messages With a Pen

‘The Writer” Automaton: A distant ancestor of the modern programmable computer