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1969 – JIM Atmospheric Diving Suit – Mike Humphrey, Mike Borrow, Richard...

1969 –  JIM Atmospheric Diving Suit by Mike Humphrey, Mike Borrow, Richard Tuson and Joseph Salim Peress. The original Peress Tritonia suit is in the middle, surrounded by type 2's with type 3 arms,...

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1974 – CUTLET Unmanned Underwater Vehicle – (British)

CUTLET DEPTH: 1,148' DIMENSIONS (LxWxH): 180" x 67" x 83" WEIGHT: 2,536 lbs SPEED: (Max Surface) NA (Max Current) NA STRUCTURE: Open metal framework with ring-stiffened tanks for buoyancy. PROPULSION:...

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1978 – “Mantis” Submersible – Graham Hawkes (British)

1978 – "Mantis" Submersible. Sylvia Earle and Graham Hawkes. Mantis, built by OSEL, U.K., designed by Graham Hawkes is the latest [c1978] development in the tethered submarine field. It is fitted with...

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1978 – WASP Atmospheric Diving Suit – Graham Hawkes (British)

WASP – A mid-water unit using thrusters and a tubular lower body section rather than articulated legs. Wasp, built by OSEL, Offshore Submersibles Ltd., U.K. The Wasp may be regarded as the next...

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1979 – OMAS SPIDER Atmospheric Diving Suit – Graham Hawkes (British)

1979 –  OMAS SPIDER Atmospheric Diving Suit.    Underwater World – 1978, Volumes 1-2 – Page 43 A new atmospheric diving suit called OMAS has recently been developed by Vickers Slingsby, and two of...

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1981 – “Deep Rover” Submersible – Graham Hawkes (British/American)

1981 – "Deep Rover" Submersible. See 7:10 into the Video. Top: Dr. Sylvia Earle. Bottom: Graham Hawkes. Extract from Popular Science, Dec 1984. An acrylic-bubble undersea habitat called Deep Rover will...

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1820 – Prosopographus, the Automaton Artist – Charles Hervé

Prosopographus Selected extract from the full post by Patrick Feaster here. Between 1820 and 1835, a machine was exhibited around Great Britain that was advertised as taking people’s portraits by...

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1935 –“Mental Telepathy” Robot – Enrico Garcia (Spanish/British)

Two girls inspecting the robot today. c1935. Mr. ENRICO GARCIA showing the "works" of the new ROBOT, which answers questions without codes. A ROBOT WITH BRAINS OF ITS OWN. 14 Years to perfect new...

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1937 – Telepathic Robot, The Scientific Miracle – (British)

Telepathic Robot – The Scientific Miracle photographed by Humphrey Spender – September 1937. The Scientific Miracle Robot     Copyright Bolton Council Image ref. 1993.83.24.35 Print ref. 1993.2.135...

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1910 – The Electric Vampire – F. H. Power (British)

The Electric Vampire By F. H. Power Illustrated by Philip Baynes (This short story appeared in The London Magazine of October 1910 with the accompanying Editor's note: 'The following short story,...

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