" Nothing is stranger to man
than his own image. "
Karel Čapek
(January 9, 1890 – December 25, 1938)
Czech author and playwright, who introduced and made popular
the word robot as a word for artificial human beings,
which first appeared in his play
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1920
This speaker wearing a flowered hat
evokes the capable, friendly robots
of 1950's Sci-Fi
" In the twenty-first century,
the robot will take the place
which slave labor occupied
in ancient civilization. "
Nikola Tesla
[10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943]
courtesy:
Osaka Tin Toy Institute
" And all plans, safeguards,
policing and coercion
are fruitless.
We find that after
years of struggle we
do not take a trip,
a trip takes us. "
John Steinbeck
Linking to
Our World Tuesday
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")
What a long, strange
trip it's been!
From Teddy bears
to white noise machines.
From Robby the Robot
to SIRI and OK GOOGLE.
What's around
the next corner?
Let's see it
T O G E T H E R!
Life is just
getting interesting.
[The first 50 or so
years are just practice]
Thank YOU
for humming along!
Fondly, cloudia & "Hat-Y"
" Leaving a comment PROVES
that YOU are not a robot! "
" In the twenty-first century,
the robot will take the place
which slave labor occupied
in ancient civilization. "
Nikola Tesla
[10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943]
Osaka Tin Toy Institute
policing and coercion
are fruitless.
We find that after
years of struggle we
do not take a trip,
a trip takes us. "
John Steinbeck
Linking to
Our World Tuesday
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")
What a long, strange
trip it's been!
From Teddy bears
to white noise machines.
From Robby the Robot
to SIRI and OK GOOGLE.
What's around
the next corner?
Let's see it
T O G E T H E R!
Life is just
getting interesting.
[The first 50 or so
years are just practice]
Thank YOU
for humming along!
Fondly, cloudia & "Hat-Y"
" Leaving a comment PROVES
that YOU are not a robot! "
Good Morning, have a great day!
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Very nice. A big hug from Italy
ReplyDeleteInteresting, isn't it? What IS next?! Have a great week, amiga! xo
ReplyDeletewell, i'm officially out of practice mode, then. :)
ReplyDeletethe world gets stranger all the time, but that's cool
ReplyDeleteLove the robots!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that great trip into robotdom, Cloudia. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThanks friends!
ReplyDeleteI am not a robot! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe robots will be taking over! Great post and images, Cloudia! Enjoy your day and have a happy week!
ReplyDeleteHow nice to learn where the term came from...
ReplyDeleteAnd somedays I am a robot.
Robby take me to your leader!
ReplyDeleteA fun post, Cloudia. I especially like Robby the Robot! Vintage and futuristic all at the same time!
ReplyDeleteOne wonders what's next.
ReplyDeleteOf course, 1982 predicted replicants looking like Rutger Hauer in just a few years, and we still aren't seeing them!
Spooky post, but fun!
ReplyDeletePlease come link up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/06/nesting.html