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PhoenixNox rated 23 months ago
Really interesting 'invention'. Be sure to check out the video from the GEL conference in 2005, where he explains how he came up with the idea and how he used his Atari to 'evolve' the creatures with genetic algorithms. He also explains a bit about the 'CPU' of th...

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nahual rated 11 months ago
Amazing wind powered robot!
LyndSeagull rated 17 months ago
It's just amazing... Something you'd expect to see in a world of Myst and not our own.
redneckdriver rated 19 months ago
Theo Jansen's Kinetic Sculptures
jeffthefish rated 13 months ago
Videos are gone.
Bradley rated 16 months ago
The most intriguing thing here is that nothing prevented anyone from creating this technology/art several hundred years ago (except math skills)... Just wood and wind... But, nobody did.
kokopellimink rated 17 months ago
wind powered -- things?
buddhist-elk rated 19 months ago
These are amazingly cool, incredible!
j0ycie rated 20 months ago
walking sculpture :)
WhiteMiffyRabbit rated 17 months ago
Strandbeest: Dutch artist Theo Jansen's strange and beautiful creatures. Powered by the wind, they are walking works of art.
lorenz77 rated 21 months ago
Incredible machine powered with the wind force.