20 Responses to “Get down with it…”

1. Rogi Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 12:14 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264248878 )

   al-Jazari’s drinking boat. Heron’s automata predate this by twelve centuries, though.

   
   
2. SV Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 12:22 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264249334 )

   Programmable automata by Al-Jazari

   
   
3. sidsen Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 1:18 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264252714 )

   Al-Jazari created a musical automaton, which was a boat with four automatic musicians that floated on a lake to entertain guests at royal drinking parties.

   
   
4. Raghuvansh Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 1:39 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264253969 )

   Al Jazari’s Musical Robot Band. Not to be confused with Sgt. Pepper and his band.

   
   
5. piesauce Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 5:00 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264266022 )

   It is Al-Jazari , called by some as the Da Vinci of the Islamic world. The image depicts his Musical Automaton, which is considered as one of the first inventions in automation ..

   
   
6. Dibyo Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 5:51 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264269064 )

   The musical robot band designed by al-Jazari.

   
   
7. KK Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 5:52 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264269134 )

   The Floating Musical Automatons invented by Al-Jazari

   
   
8. shenoyvarun86 Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 6:04 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264269840 )

   The musical robot band designed by al-Jazari.

   
   
9. Gurupad Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 7:27 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264274824 )

   Abū al-’Iz Ibn Ismā’īl ibn al-Razāz al-Jazarī invented the musical robot band

   
   
10. Aditya Says:
    January 23rd, 2010 at 8:05 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264277142 )

    Al-Jazari created a musical automaton, which was a boat with four automatic musicians that floated on a lake to entertain guests at royal drinking parties. I request, again, to please update my scores.

    
    
11. krudebox Says:
    January 23rd, 2010 at 9:41 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264282912 )

    Al Jazari’s Musical Toy

    
    
12. Logik Says:
    January 23rd, 2010 at 10:15 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264284927 )

    These water pegs in the boat hit the levers, which supposedly control the rhythms of 4 automated musical robots. Al Jazari’s invention. Musical Automata

    
    
13. Chinmaya U.Holla Says:
    January 24th, 2010 at 12:34 am, GMT +0000 ( 1264293244 )

    Al Jazari. Musical automaton.

    
    
14. Ps Says:
    January 24th, 2010 at 3:13 am, GMT +0000 ( 1264302815 )

    (Abū al-’Iz Ibn Ismā’īl ibn al-Razāz al-Jazarī) or Al jazari and his automated boat toy with the robot band :D

    
    
15. Kaushik Says:
    January 24th, 2010 at 6:32 am, GMT +0000 ( 1264314724 )

    Al-Jazari’s musical automatons Al-Jazari created a musical automaton, which was a boat with four automatic musicians that floated on a lake to entertain guests at royal drinking parties. Professor Noel Sharkey has argued that it is quite likely that it was an early programmable automata and has produced a possible reconstruction of the mechanism. Diagram Of The Floating Musical Automatons is what shown

    
    
16. udupendra Says:
    January 24th, 2010 at 11:55 am, GMT +0000 ( 1264334140 )

    Musical robot band by Al Jazari

    
    
17. eli Says:
    January 24th, 2010 at 10:27 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1264372036 )

    Al- Jazari’s musical robot band .

    
    
18. raklodramA Says:
    January 25th, 2010 at 2:49 am, GMT +0000 ( 1264387788 )

    Al-Jazari: A Musical robot band

    
    
19. shrik Says:
    January 25th, 2010 at 4:37 am, GMT +0000 ( 1264394276 )

    A musical automaton, sort of ‘robot band’, by Al Jazari.

    
    
20. darthshak Says:
    January 25th, 2010 at 6:57 am, GMT +0000 ( 1264402667 )

    Al Jazari’s musical automaton?