General Information
Automata Magazine
History of Artificial Life (Wikipedia)

British Automata Artists (much of the automata making world is centered in England)
Automata – Mechanical Sculpture, Collectible Automaton hand-made
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre – A Museum of Automata
be sure to see their past events
Automata and Mechanical toys
Rob Ives – Paper Automata master
be sure to see the Mechanisms page (Rob Ives)

A Few Automata Artists
Chomick+Meder : Figurative Art and Automata
Martin Smith
Dug North – woodworker
Rob Ives – paper artist and creator of Flying Pig

Artists making kinetic art
Arthur Ganson – see the permanent collection of his work at the MIT Museum
Diane Landry – sculptor
Reuben Margolin – kinetic sculptor
Jeff Lieberman – link to a piece at Biogen in Kendall Sq Cambridge, MA
Banksy’s Pet Shop installation
Anne Lilly – Boston area
Christy Georg – MassArt alum
Theo Jansen (TED talk)
Chris Fitch – Boston area

Engineering & Mechanisms
Automata information from Franklin Institute Science Museum
507 Mechanical Movements (many animated)
Generate plans to make laser cut boxes
Slip ring bearing for rotating electrical connections – buy – make

Odds and Ends
Edison-style cylinder recording kit – discontinued, but look at construction technique
Emile Berliner Gramophone kit – also discontinued
The Modern Compendium of Miniature Automata
Instructables – “the world’s biggest show & tell”
Make – technology on our time
Extensive collection of links to Kinetic Art