The Kawaguchi-Ko Music Forest Museum in Yamanashi Prefecture is currently holding an exhibit through November 18 from its own collection of animated dolls (automata) and singing mechanical bird boxes.

Garner Holt’s new robotics kit lets you build your own animatronic Tiki Bird at home! Details on the new DIY home ...

It started with a mechanical talking bird.It grew into a chorus of singing, blinking, breathing birds and was a breakthrough of animation in an era before computers. Fifty years later, Walt Disney ...

YOUR MONEY: TREASURE HUNTERS FOCUS ON Mechanical Singing Birds Instant Expert. News. Sunday People. 02:32, ... The cages were usually gilded and around 20 inches in height. ...

Just hanging around: Cages are displayed on poles as part of the annual bird-singing contest in Thailand which draws contestants from all over South East Asia ...

She explained she was hoping that Steve could make the birds inside the cage sing again as it had been broken for more than 20 years. During the episode, ...

MB&F may not be giving us two turtledoves for Christmas this year, but the Swiss watchmaker has unveiled a limited-edition turtle automaton that hides a singing mechanical bird. Once again, the ...

THIS distinctive antique became famous, thanks to its appearance on the BBC show, Going For A Song and also conjures up images of Edwardian parlours. The bird's chirping sounds were created by a ...