#technological marvel

[thepastisalreadywritten]

"The Writing Boy"

In 1774 AD, during the reign of Louis XVI (1754-1793), Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jacques Dro (1721-1790) unveiled a remarkable engineering feat that would go down in history as the world's first android or programmed automaton.

Known as "The Writing Boy," this creation appeared at first glance to be a simple wooden doll with a porcelain head, barefoot, and holding a goose feather.

But hidden within this seemingly ordinary toy was a technological marvel, a writing mechanism powered by 6,000 intricate moving parts, making it the first automatic calligrapher.

"The Writing Boy" was a groundbreaking achievement, as it was capable of writing complex sentences, such as "My inventor is Jacques Dro."

The automaton was a product of 20 months of meticulous work by Pierre Jacques Dro, and its debut in Paris stunned the court of King Louis XVI.

The android's ability to perform such an intricate task showcased the high level of craftsmanship and innovation of the time.

This astonishing creation marked a significant milestone in the history of robotics and engineering.

Not only was it the world’s first programmed android, but it also demonstrated the potential of machines to replicate human actions.

"The Writing Boy" paved the way for future advancements in automation, solidifying Pierre Jacques Dro’s legacy as a pioneer in the field of robotics.

[orderofthecube]

Watch of Many Gadgets

Wondrous item, rare, scientific

This multifunctional watch gives you a +1 bonus to your Charisma (up to a maximum of 20) and advantage on checks with hacker’s tools. The watch appears superficially ordinary; a DC 17 Perception or Investigation check is required to determine its true nature.

The watch automatically detects and displays the local time of any planet it is on, as well as the name of the planet and local jurisdiction (kingdom, city, etc.). You can use the watch as a timer or stopwatch. The watch is a communicator.

The watch has 4 charges, which it regains at dawn. You can expend 1 charge as an action to do one of the following:

Record up to 10 minutes of audio or video (1 hour can be stored in total).

Replay audio or project a hologram from an earlier recording.

Transmit an audio or video file over radio or a network.

Configure the compass, giving you advantage on ability checks against becoming lost.

Deploy a nanobot.

Scan a Tiny object or the air near the watch for the presence of radiation or poison.

Extend a miniature blade capable of cutting through rope after 1d4 rounds.

Fire a miniature rocket at a target within 30 feet. The rocket automatically hits and deals 1d4 piercing damage.

Emit a small electric shock, dealing 1d4 lightning damage to a creature within 6 inches of the watch.

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[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 279

Now Danny didn’t mean to make a Bootube channel. He’d meant to send that sleep deprived ramble to Tucker, but he had clicked on the wrong app and yeah. Apparently people enjoy his space rambles- or it could have been the ghost blob-cats that had decided to flop onto him. (Honestly he wasn’t surprised they would start to mimic the shapes of things in their surroundings)

Tucker? Found it hilarious, as did Sam and Val and… um, okay this has become their shared channel now, nice. Though there are some strange comments on some of the videos. Really, what do they mean green sky and crazy tech???

[carespace]

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[annabelle--cane]

maybe if they pour some shimmer into the magic torment nexus thing then it'll work perfectly. or something else beautiful and powerful will happen.

[karpachev]

When your kid thunder doesn't like selfies :(

[goldengirlgalaxy]

After Danny has managed to smooth things over with his rogues, helping them cope with their obsessions in ways that don't cause massive property damage for the living, he ends up getting some lessons from a few of them on different topics.

Technus ends up teaching Danny how to properly overshadow and upgrade electronics.

So when, for one reason or another, Danny ends up in the DC universe, he decides to have some fun when he learns about this world's thing with superheroes.

The next time Superman is dealing with a robbery, a car suddenly appears with a black and white color scheme, and starts to heckle the robbers before stopping their car with some kind of tow line.

Wonder Woman ends up encountering a talking fan that somehow manages to produce gusts of wind strong enough to take most people off their feet.

The Joker hijacks a news broadcast to announce his next plan, only for the camera system to come to life and record the mad clown getting the tied up by wires and beaten up by boom mikes.

The Flash gets some help from a living heater that can shoot flames.

Captain Marvel ends up befriending a talking vending machine that throws concussive soda cans at villains. And can also dispense normal drinks.

Someone ends up meeting a talking phone that just so happens to have a recording of the big bad's evil monologue.

Strange machines suddenly come to life all around the world, often helping various heroes. It's gotten to the point several Justice League Members are betting on who gets a mechanical partner next, and what form they're going to be in. The only thing about this mysterious hero that the Justice League knows is that he goes by the name Rotom.

(Whether or not the DC universe has Pokemon in order for them to get the reference is up to you)

[harveylikestoart]

This was gonna b like a thing where Billy encounters tech divinities n experiences the horrors but its *looks at clock* almost 2 am and I didn’t draw out a plan for this I just freehanded so *shrugs*

Wire free/Billy in da void:

[milkydraws8]

mutant control apparatuses

[spaceadvances]

If we made the most straightforward estimate using today's best technology, we'd state there are 170 billion galaxies in our Universe. But we know more than that, and our modern estimate is even grander: two trillion galaxies.

📷: NASA, ESA, Hubble

[spidergrotto]

peter who deconstructs and reconstructs random pieces of technology when he needs to calm down, may and ben learned to keep old pieces of equipment scattered around the house in case he has a bad day and needs the world to stop for a few hours.

sometimes he doesn’t even remember starting— he’ll blink and it’s finally quiet and he’s surrounded by random parts of an old computer that he didn’t even know they had in the apartment.

three days after ben died peter had completely deconstructed and reconstructed the fridge and was half way finished with the dishwasher.

after tony’s funeral he’s given full access to the lab and spends weeks taking apart and restoring iron man suits and unfinished projects— he barley remembers working on half of the things he had done but refused to leave any of tony’s projects unfinished.

weirdly enough he never really messed with the spiderman suit, any urge to take it apart, improve it— add changes or upgrades was quickly squashed down and thrown aside. after the spell he never found himself wanting to touch it anyways.

[grayrazor]

Would it be interesting if Warhammer 40,000 did a take on Battletech's Clan Invasion? Humans that left the galaxy back during the Dark Age of Technology and missed the Birth of Slannesh and subsequent Age of Strife now find their way back to the Milky Way, and steamroll anyone they meet because they have Necron-level tech, up until their unexpected weakness is discovered (vulnerability to Chaos maybe)?

[orderofthecube]

Wormhole Machine

Wondrous item, legendary, intergalactic

When activated, this black glass sphere levitates four feet above the ground. You can use an action to touch the sphere and name a location on the same plane of existence. The sphere computes the exact properties of spacetime in the two locations and begins rapidly spinning. After 10 minutes, the sphere generates a wormhole per the spell wormhole in the nearest available stretch of open space.

The sphere has 3 charges. 1 charge is expended when a wormhole is created to a location within the same galaxy, and 2 charges are expended for a location in a different galaxy. The sphere regains 1d3 − 1 expended charges daily at midnight.

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[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 166

So Danny is going to blame this on Vlad. Everything was going great, his parents had accepted him, Ellie is home for a while as was Jazz, Vlad was going to ghost-therapy along with Jordan to both get over apparently very bad obsession-sickness, and it was finally summer break! Which meant camping, and no ghost stuff for the first time in forever. 

He should have known everything was going too well, because that’s just the Fenton luck isn’t it? So he was going to blame this entire thing on Vlad, even if it might maybe be his own fault just a little bit. But how was he supposed to know the glowing rock formation that looked sort of like a portal was actually going to do something?! 

Urgh, he’s not going to deal with dimension travel, he already has to deal with time bullshit thanks to his peepaw! At least they’re all in this together and haven’t gotten separated? Ugh. This is going to be annoying. 

[bharatpics]

The Rājarājeśvaram temple of Dārāsuram in India, demonstrates an exceptional level of ornamentation, achieving a tasteful balance without becoming indulgent.

[theshkvyapotapok]

It took me two evenings to do this, but I finally did what I needed to do. Hooray!