Dessert First !
April 9 ,2015 is 11 Kawoq,
Kawoq glyph and
additional description on Ministry of Culture Guatemala
Horse decan (april 1-10
approx) Hindu image
The animal for Kawoq is the
-William Grey Walter was born on 13 Kawoq. Feb 19, 1910
He invented robotic tortoises
Walter's most famous work was his construction of some of the first
electronic autonomous robots. He wanted to prove that rich connections
between a small number of brain cells could give rise to very complex
behaviors - essentially that the secret of how the brain worked lay in
how it was wired up. His first robots, which he used to call Machina
speculatrix and named Elmer and Elsie, were
constructed between 1948 and 1949 and were often described as
tortoises due to their shape and slow rate of movement - and because
they "taught us" about the secrets of organisation and life. The
three-wheeled tortoise robots were capable of phototaxi , by which they
could find their way to a recharging station when they ran low on
experiment he placed a light on the "nose" of a tortoise and watched as
the robot observed itself in a mirror. "It began flickering," he wrote.
"Twittering, and jigging like a clumsy Narcissus." Walter argued that if
it were seen in an animal it "might be accepted as evidence of some
degree of self-awareness."
“Modern incarnations of
Walter's turtles may be found in the form of BEAM robotics.”
On June 29, 2011 …
Turtles shut down the runway at JFK
That day was 9 Kawoq.