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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

Cars That Think

Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? The cable car is suspended over a dramatic gorge on the Niagara River on six interlocking steel cables, connecting two points along the shore half a kilometer apart. It is still in operation today.

MIT 131
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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

Cars That Think

Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? The cable car is suspended over a dramatic gorge on the Niagara River on six interlocking steel cables, connecting two points along the shore half a kilometer apart. It is still in operation today.

MIT 80