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PHOTO with Article of Police Robot (RoboCop) May, 1924
Science and Invention (via Retronaut) ^
| May 1924
| H. Gernback
Posted on 01/27/2013 10:11:10 AM PST by DogByte6RER
![Police Robot - May 1924](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8083/8419906331_4f7a918ba8_b.jpg)
Robocop c. 1924
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous; Science; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 1924; automaton; modernhistory; policerobot; retrotechnology; riotcontrol; robocop; robot; steampunk
![Robocop Milkshake gif](http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h71/DogByte6RER/LT9_zps1368d591.gif)
"Mother! Where have you been all of these years!"
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
01/27/2013 10:14:25 AM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
We dogs have also evolved, you f'n cop!
To: DogByte6RER
I see the exhaust is properly placed
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posted on
01/27/2013 10:23:29 AM PST
by
digger48
To: DogByte6RER; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono
It is gasoline powered. Obama would ban them.
To: DogByte6RER
To: Lancey Howard
Just the thing to pepper spray Occupantloads.
To: DogByte6RER
“If it burns when you urinate and your eyes begin to water (Along with everybody else’s), please see a doctor.”
To: DogByte6RER
Just destroy the radio control car. Robots defeated.
To: Future Snake Eater
Every master plan has a fatal flaw, doesn’t it?
To: DogByte6RER
Spinning blackjack hands - very disturbing but interesting approach.
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posted on
01/27/2013 11:45:38 AM PST
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Menehune56
Yeah I saw that too. OUCH!
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posted on
01/27/2013 11:54:48 AM PST
by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
To: DogByte6RER
Note that the devices are referred to as automatons. “Robot,” a term coined in 1921, apparently hadn’t yet caught on.
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posted on
01/27/2013 1:17:05 PM PST
by
Fiji Hill
(Io Triumphe!)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
09/28/2013 11:36:45 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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