The Swiss watchmaking firm Jaquet Droz has short-circuited the 18th and 21st centuries with the Charming Bird. It's a wristwatch that includes a tiny automaton bird inside the crystal, that sings and ...

Our cats were both sleeping near the computer and these videos were driving them nuts. To our ears these birdsongs sound pretty good. They didn’t trick the cats into stalking mode, but they did spark ...

The company refers to these exceptional creations as the “art of astonishment,” and indeed these pieces take an incredible amount of detail and hours to create and are often years in development ...

When you first meet Dampe and save him from a greedy crow, he will tell you his life story, describing how he spent decades refining his skills in automaton crafting. Dampe will then ask you to help ...