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Boilerplate is a mechanical man built in 1893. In 2000, a website was created that provided the history of the Victorian era robot. The site received great press from THE NEW YORK TIMES, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, and THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. Boilerplate has appeard in dozens of international publications including DER SPIEGEL (Germany), PARADOX (Russia), and the United Kingdom's preeminent robotics publication REAL ROBOTS. The mechanical man has also been praised by the Robotics Society of America, StarTrek.com, and even NASA!

The webmaster and Boilerplate's biographer is Paul Guinan. He is a Chicago born multi-media artist whose eclectic career includes stints as a television personality, cinematographer, ad-agency illustrator, kinetic sculptor, mural painter, production designer, radio DJ, storyboard artist, modelmaker, silkscreener, and even a wax-figure restorer for a Ripley’s Museum. Paul also co-created the monthly series CHRONOS for DC Comics, HEARTBREAKERS (the first female action hero in comics) for Dark Horse Comics, and was lead background artist on the animated TV series Stan Lee's STRIPPERELLA.

Paul is currently working on a coffee-table book history of Boilerplate which will be at bookstores in the fall of 2009.

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