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* Wolfgang von Kempelen (Kempelen Farkas) was a real life example from the 18th century, known for creating, among other things, a speaking machine and a chess playing 'automaton'. The later required an operator sitting inside and controlling the puppet through an elaborate mechanism, and using several other mechanisms to conceal himself when the machine is opened up, creating the illusion that the whole structure is fully mechanical.
* Wu Yulu is a 46-year old farmer from a rural area of China near Beijing. While he has very little in the way of formal education, he has over the past thirty years built over 26 robots to do everything from light cigarettes, to scale walls, to drive rickshaws, building them out of scrap metal. In true [[Mad Scientist]] tradition, he nearly drove his wife to divorce, plunged them both into tremendous debt, destroyed his home and scalded his face with acid. All ''[[For Science!]]''! Or at least his crazy hobby.
* Draper Kauffman, the head of the Underwater Demolition Teams ([[World War 2]] Seals effectively) was good at gadgets and had a number of skilled gadgeeteers in his crew. He was once a bomb tech during the blitz, and latter planned the breeching of obstacles at Saipan.
*[[Knife Nut|Victorinox]] is a corporate gadgeeteer genius specializing in making one of Switzerland's [[Every Device Is a Swiss Army Knife|most famous products.]]
**Swiss in general are famous for gadgets. They make watches after all and though they did not actually invent the cuckoo cloak they could have.
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