Hutch, with internal light bulb to house a cybernetic tortoise

Made:
1951-1952 in Bristol
maker:
The Burden Neurological Institute
inventor:
Walter, William Grey
Hutch, with internal light bulb to house a cybernetic tortoise (cybernetic tortoise hutch) Hutch, with internal light bulb to house a cybernetic tortoise (cybernetic tortoise hutch)

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Hutch, with internal light bulb to house a cybernetic tortoise, named ‘Machina speculatrix’, invented and made by William Grey Walter, under the auspices of the Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol, England, 1951-1952

Details

Category:
Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
Object Number:
2012-39
Materials:
plastic (unidentified), aluminium alloy, brass (copper, zinc alloy), copper (alloy), steel (metal), metal (unknown), glass, paper (fibre product) and paint
Measurements:
Closed: 380 mm x 410 mm x 590 mm, 2.97 kg
Open: 380 mm x 410 mm x 940 mm, 2.97 kg
type:
cybernetic tortoise hutch
credit:
Holland, Prof. Owen