Past Programs
Inventions and Innovation - 2002
Full transcript
16/06/2002
Machines or toys that chew and swallow, that flinch, that play the flute? All have been recently developed in robotic laboratories worldwide. And in one sense there's nothing new about them - humanoid automata have captured the popular imagination for centuries. But are they really like us - or are we like them? Gaby Wood is the author of "Living Dolls: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life". Also this week, "Mr Mania" is a new multimedia production by Brisbane based Synchromesh Arts that takes psychopathology for a twirl down the catwalk. It's aim is to look behind the labels. But these aren't your everyday fashion labels...
Living Dolls
16/06/2002
Machines or toys that chew and swallow, that flinch, that play the flute? All have been recently developed in robotic laboratories worldwide. And in one sense there's nothing new about them - humanoid automata have captured the popular imagination for centuries. But are they really like us - or are we like them? Gaby Wood is the author of "Living Dolls: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life".
