Theo Jansen - Strandbeest ("Beachbeast") - part 3

[quasarguy122]

see the boy who's holding the cam at 0:34?

thats me. :D

[WhiteDragonTile]

does anybody know how the wind powers it? what exactly happen? what does the wind move and how does that move the legs?

[1samm1]

@WhiteDragonTile in this video, it doesn't use wind power, the kids are pushing it. Otherwise, some mechanism, usually driven by "wings" or similar things is used as a pump to fill the PET-bottles with air, whose pressure is then released through the tubes via valves.

[Heemallamajeemy]

It is wind powered, and uses NO electricity. It has no brain, yet it has a mind of its own. It lives without human help and depends on its surroundings for its resources and energy. They also travel in herds on the beach, and can communicate and interact with one another. Many people have seen these amazing creatures walking on beach-sides.

[bongzuki]

Came for Theo Jansen, stayed for Nick Drake.

[gvndud]

sweet and surreal

[ArubaSailing]

#_# wow!?

[Junuxx]

Goes well with Nick Drake ^_^