The Signing Machine

[El Presidente]

Remarkable 

http://www.jaquet-droz.com/en/news/the-signing-machine-jaquet-droz-the-art-mechanical-astonishment

 

[oliverdst]

I have absolutely no idea what's going on here but this is cool 

[PapaDisco]

Ooo! I want one!  Waaaaay better than a stamp!

[eg133]

Wow that’s incredible. Just thinking of all the small parts and engineering that went into making an automatic movement do this is insane.

[cigcars]

     *That's very nice. Wonder what goes into it to make it specific to certain persons' own signature? Hmmmm.....

       ....Makes me think of the ancient East Indian tale of a young holy man who studied, meditated, and prayed ceaselessly for fifteen (count'em - 15) years; until he was finally able to walk on water. When he found his holy master and recounted to him his success the old man told him: "My poor foolish boy...what it has taken you 15 years to do could have been accomplished in moments by paying a penny to the boat man."