Kinetic sculptures
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YouTube - Theo Jansen - Kinetic Sculptor
Theo Jansen is the Dutch creator of what he calls "Kinetic Sculptures," where nature and technology meet. Essentially these sculptures are robots powered by the wind only.
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YouTube - Theo Jansen - Animaris Rhinoceros
[flash=480,385:3jz1mi7c]http://www.youtube.com/v/Y2KkGFuRLew&hl=en_US&fs=1[/flash:3jz1mi7c]
@unknownuser said:
The walls between art and engineering exists only in our minds
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is this for real?
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It's real, not a computer generated image. He calls his creations "Strandbeests" which isο»Ώ Dutch for "Beach Animals".
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Whoah!! how's that for a job?
I can so see some of his stuff in a scifi movie.
This is friggin awesome, thanks for sharing.
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@unknownuser said:
is this for real?
Of course yes!
Some works alone with the wind and water!
[flash=640,385:3a9np1ow]http://www.youtube.com/v/b694exl_oZo&hl[/flash:3a9np1ow]
Absolutly marvelous! -
At the opposite but not so bad too
[flash=640,385:7h6eim8w]http://www.youtube.com/v/nUQsRPJ1dYw&hl[/flash:7h6eim8w]sound off for this follow
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its amazing how life-like robotic movement has become. marvelous!
you say they are powered by wind....but how exactly? i mean look at the rhinoceros...where are the 'sails' as evidenced in the other creations? and in other examples; how can the joints move when the sails are static?I can understand an oscillating sail providing a rotation but a static one?!!! eh!
[edit] oh I now know how the rhinoceros works.....there is a man pushing it from behind haha
you can see his feet if you look closely! d'oh! -
@olishea said:
how can the joints move when the sails are static?I can understand an oscillating sail providing a rotation but a static one?!!! eh!
Some of the creatures store energy as compressed air in bottles so they can move when there is no wind.
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I saw this maybe a year or so ago. I'm still amazed and impressed.
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