NEW YORK (AP) - An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci’s 500-year-old inventions and machines opens in Times Square on Friday. Although best known for painting the masterpiece “Mona Lisa,” da Vinci also designed a fantastical array of futuristic flying machines, robots, weapons and mechanical devices. Highlights of the exhibit include the “Great Kite” flying machine, a working prototype of his “Self-Propelled Cart, and physical models of his mechanical bat and lion. Visitors can use touch screens to turn the artist’s numerous sketches into three-dimensional models. All content © Copyright 2001 - 2009 WorldNow and WCAX. For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service .

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