Manual typewriter + servos = polyfingered robot dictaphone
by Cory Doctorow from on (#14HJP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNSCL4YOd5E
Zip Zaps wired up a bunch of servos to a voice-recognition system and taught them how to type on a mechanical typewriter, like a dozen robot fingers, and now she has a robotic dictation machine straight out of Brazil. Brilliant. (via Evil Mad Scientist Labs)