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Cylon

Posted on March 18th, 2009 Andrey Mikhalchuk No comments

The Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica science fiction franchise, in the original 1978 and 1980 series, as well as the 2003 reimagining.
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Android, Autonomous, Fiction, Ground, Military, Military/Police/Government, Other, Space cylon

Al-Jazari Robots

Posted on February 23rd, 2009 Andrey Mikhalchuk No comments

Al-Jazari’s work described fountains and musical automata, in which the flow of water alternated from one large tank to another at hourly or half-hourly intervals. This operation was achieved through his innovative use of hydraulic switching.
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Ancient, Android, Ground, Other, Programmable, Robotic Toys Al-Jazari, robot