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Elektro was on exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair and was joined at that fair in 1940, with "Sparko", a robot dog that could bark, sit, and beg to humans.. Several minutes of color sound footage of Elektro in action can be seen at 33:55 in the movie, The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair, a fully-produced hour-long movie made by Westinghouse, which showcased the Westinghouse ...
At the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair, in April 1940, Edward Condon of the Westinghouse Electric Company displayed the Nimatron, a non-programmable electro-mechanical computer that played games of Nim, using electro-mechanical relays, buttons, and lightbulbs.
1893 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – World's Columbian Exposition [13] – Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building; 1893 – New York City, United States – World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893) 1894 – San Francisco, California, United States – California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 [13]
1939 New York World's Fair; ... Elektro; F. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; Futurama (New York World's Fair) G. Good Neighbor Policy and the 1939 World's Fair; I.
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The robot appeared on the covers of magazines and World Fair publications. Someone post a picture. --Drvanthorp 06:53, 18 November 2006 (UTC)]] There's high-quality color video of Elektro at the 1939 World's Fair in Westinghouse's film, The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939). The whole act, as done at the Fair, is shown.