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}}'''Professor Jeremiah P. Kettlewell''' was a [[human]] scientist and member of the [[Scientific Reform Society]]. | }}'''Professor Jeremiah P. Kettlewell''' was a [[human]] scientist and member of the [[Scientific Reform Society]]. | ||
== Biography == | |||
Kettlewell specialised in [[robot]]ics. | |||
In [[November]] [[1969]], [[James Stevens]] interviewed him for the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]''. Stevens believed that people thought that Kettlewell was a mad scientist because he looked just like one. However, he considered him to be "a fascinating speaker, once he got over his own nervousness". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | In [[November]] [[1969]], [[James Stevens]] interviewed him for the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]''. Stevens believed that people thought that Kettlewell was a mad scientist because he looked just like one. However, he considered him to be "a fascinating speaker, once he got over his own nervousness". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | ||
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[[Tobias Vaughn]] funded Kettlewell's research into robotics. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') | [[Tobias Vaughn]] funded Kettlewell's research into robotics. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') | ||
Kettlewell created a robot called "[[K1|Experimental Prototype Robot K1]]". He was affiliated with the [[National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research]], but at some point he turned against conventional science and left the institute to work on a alternative energy facility. He allied himself with [[Hilda Winters]] in order to have K1 made more powerful. However, he later changed his mind and was killed by his creation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') | Kettlewell created a robot called "[[K1|Experimental Prototype Robot K1]]". He was affiliated with the [[National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research]], but at some point he turned against conventional science and left the institute to work on a alternative energy facility. He allied himself with [[Hilda Winters]] in order to have K1 made more powerful. However, he later changed his mind and was killed by the [[disintegrator gun]] wielded by his creation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') | ||
Kettlewell did not file the [[patent]]s for K1's [[CPU]], which was modelled on human neural pathways, or the living metal from which the robot was constructed prior to his death. His direct descendants included a [[27th century]] failed writer and historian named [[Ethan Kalwell]] and his daughter [[Elise Kalwell|Elise]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Relics of Jegg-Sau (audio story)|The Relics of Jegg-Sau]]'') | Kettlewell did not file the [[patent]]s for K1's [[CPU]], which was modelled on human neural pathways, or the living metal from which the robot was constructed prior to his death. His direct descendants included a [[27th century]] failed writer and historian named [[Ethan Kalwell]] and his daughter [[Elise Kalwell|Elise]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Relics of Jegg-Sau (audio story)|The Relics of Jegg-Sau]]'') | ||
