One forerunner of the modern computer is a mechanical boy.

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Held in the Musée d'art et d'histoire Neuchâtel, in Switzerland, is an early precursor to the computer: a mechanical writer. As described by Futility Closet:

Designed in the 18th century by Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz, the automaton clutches a goose feather with which it can write any custom text up to 40 characters, guided by a stack of cams in the interior. Its eyes follow the pen, and it shakes extra ink from its quill after dipping it in an inkwell.

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