LETS SEE WHAT BITS YOU RECOGNISE IN THIS 1924 ROBOCOP

LETS SEE WHAT BITS YOU RECOGNISE IN THIS 1924 ROBOCOP

 

What a marvellous looking thing, here we have Robocop's granddad from 1924 as envisioned in a Hugo Gernsback magazine.   Just look at the internal gizmos and electrickery and notice too that this guy is GREEN 'cos its a hybrid!!!!:-

Battery power from a Model T Ford.

Generator from a M1924 tank courtesy of a Tiny-Tim generator.

Dynamo by Westinghouse

Radio Control designed by Nikola Tesla and manufactured by Atwater Kent.

Loudspeaker by Voigt or Magnavox.

Eye lights by American Flatlite Inc.

Aerial taken from a Pickelhaub helmet previously worn by a German soldier.

 

 

 

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