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My family saw half of the Evoluon exhibition and I was still standing there, observing the seemingly alive construction that welcomed the entering visitors. It 'saw' you move, it paid attention when you made a noise. Despite its steel construction, hydraulics power and it's 4 meter size, you could scare it away by enthousiastically yelling 'BOO!'

All that was made possible because it was controlled by a computer...

More than 3 decades later, it still makes sense. I have become a mechanical engineer, studied industrial automation and work with computers and electronics every day. All the things that define my working life today (don't worry, I do have a life besides that ) were represented in that marvellous machine, this technocratic work of art that only existed for 4 years but made one hell of an impact on kids like me.

Now, perhaps, it's payback time.

(more to come...)