contraptions

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The “personal computers” of the day were hobbyists’ kits, contraptions that arrived in pieces, with output displays that were limited to blinking red lights.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Sensors on the 12-foot metal contraptions measure wind speed, direction, temperature, humidity and pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Crowds hoot and cheer as the contraptions float into the darkening sky, while referees judge the magnificence of their aerial explosions.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

All those Rube Goldberg contraptions we used to make our marriages equal, like hiring a house cleaner, the nanny, and family who lives close by, were stripped away.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2024

Two little hammerlike contraptions came down and trailed along the edges of the notched disks, rising and falling as the disks steadily turned.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick