Triopodus electrus diclopus - Tripodus Electrus Diclopus (TED)

triopede elektor december 1982 — 12-17 triopede Tripodus Electrus Diclopus (TED) • • • J. Cornelissen The built-in electronic instinct is pro- grammed to seek the brightest point in the room. A deviation routine in the logic circuit ensures that it cleverly avoids the many obstacles on its path towards the light. For specialists it is clearly a simple cybernetic model. But to other, un- biased observers it is a spectacular electronic monster. For domestic pets it is a strange encounter of the third kind. For electronic hobbyists it is a lot of fun. When a technical creation becomes self-controlled it usually appears mon- strous to us humans. Inanimate objects are supposed to be "dead" and indepen- dent action is associated with living beings. Exceptions to this rule are spooky. A locomotive which becomes self-controlled is a ghost locomotive and People will be astonished to see this three-wheeled creature moving along the floor, buzzing and chirping. Not only does it make ...