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Okay scientifically, something is alive if it responds to stimuli, uses energy, and reproduces on its own. I see these beasts doing only 2 of those 3 things, therefore they are not alive.
The fact that they are not alive does not diminish their beauty or awesomeness.
@ChayilAhava "Alive" at the very very least means it wants something. I don't know how you define "functions", but if that means it can just move, than a piece of wood put in the sea is just as "Alive".
Like I said, it all depends on what you mean by "alive". On a different note, consciousness, such as wanting, is an undefinable characteristic. If you think about it, trees "want" water, the earth "wants" rain.
@Sotoberi Because it is a fact that this creature is a LIVING animal, machines are not alive. What degree or background do you have to classify this man for what he is lmao?
@Sotoberi He lives between the limits of the genius and the craziness. Yet his ideas are so simple that no electricity neither any metal scraps are needed.
it's really cool but imagine you're having a nice picnic on the beach and one of these big ass beautiful blind mother f-ers comes and tramples all over your lunch.
This isn't life. Life means that there is the ability for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. This is what separates animals from rocks. These machines of his can do none of these attributes. They are amazing!...but they are not life!
@TheFlyingScott100 yes but not being alive does not impede there ability to reproduce, Viruses are not living organisms yet they can reproduce in there own way, whats to say an artificial creature can't do the same?
@xcrapheadx One of the very reasons a virus is not considered 'alive' or a part of the animal kingdom is that it is incapable of reproducing on its own.
@zucipix123 He says at one point that it's the imagination of it being a real animal. He's attempting to make it able to sense danger, even save itself from possibly "dying", or I guess in your unimaginative life you could say from being destroyed.
Yes this invention is genius but the guy makes the mistake of calling it an animal. It is not an animal and he is making himself into a crackpot by calling it an animal. Unless someone is willing to maintain these over time they will eventually stop working. They run on wind but given enough wind it will also destroy them. They cannot feed on organic matter nor can they reproduce. Call it what it is, a machine and you will not look so foolish.
@reshsamech Look at the word animal. Directly, it means anything which has an animation -- animated movement in space. Speaking the English language you can only latch on to the word animal as you know it, but pretty much everywhere else, including Holland, animal is a much more encompassing term. Remember two things: English isn't his strong point and English is the "crackpot" of languages.
@RBIVscreamtherequiem An animal is the member of the kingdom Animalia. When the definition becomes anything more "encompassing" it stops being the definition of an animal.
Wow... soon we will have the technology to be god. The ability to manipulate energy in every single way and the ability to create anything out of everything. O.o
By definition this is not life but, as I see it, very interesting machinery. By presenting the "creatures" as art, we are missing to see the true potential of them working as tools for other causes than entertainment. So, develop the creatures into non-electrical machines and then I would be truly impressed.
Interesting kinetic art. It's too bad neither the commentator nor Theo understand the creative process to properly use the terms creation and evolution. It muddles the beauty of his work.
@1Heart4God1 He probably knows that he technically is using it incorrectly, but think it is funny to do so. But I would not say that it is incorrect to call it "life".
@SmartestViking I agree he knows the proper terms to use, and with all due respect for your appreciation of his work, he creates a life-like character for his work by using the terms incorrectly. The many legs and motions of the art along with his use of words lend it the quality of something that crawled out of primordial ooze. But, in the great scheme of things it is a creation with a creator, similar to us in that aspect, but no more a form of life than a wind sock. Ingenious work, however.
@1Heart4God1 we don't have a creator, unless you are talking about the big bang and evolution. You are a beautifuly simple creature......who is probably made of tubes and lemonade bottles.
Where's the life? I mean, from what I can understand, life is apparent when there's birth, growth, reproduction of some sort, then it dwindles, and dies. Also when there's some level of consciousness existing. And some sort of heart. I won't deny the genius of this person, he's basically creating robots, but "earth friendly" robots.
@grannynara he's creating art + engineering = design. You can call his stuff industrial design. If you're looking at functionality, he did talk about the rhinoceros and it's ability to carry heavy payload
@darkmonolith97 uhhh are you stupid? You are alive, when your life began in your mothers womb was there an electric shock? No, because no life is started via electricity. Plus these are not alive so you can not call them "Life".
I would love to see one of these completely recreated in 3D CGI with the same mechanical physics but given a layer of flesh and made to look lifelike!
I wonder if something like this could be used to harvest/plant crops without the use of heavy and gas powered equipment. Obviously that's not going to be terribly easy or efficient, but so far as I know this is the only design that can mechanically harvest wind energy and move a light vehicle back and forth in straight lines.
@wrtbupoh2t491 Yeah, you're right, maybe I overreacted. It's just that arguing about that stuff being alive seemed stupid and pointless. Even more criticizing someone just because he said that when it could be a metaphor, just to start an argument. I dislike people who try to underestimate the work of other people. I don't know, maybe I got trolled...
And then we have their main predator: Thuggus Abomis Vandaltula, a species of human bent on killing these graceful beasts. They use special colored glands in their hands to coat the walker in a bright substance, usually marking the Vandaltula's territory, or simply decrepatating it for fun. Others carry heavy objects, such as rocks or hammers, or even wrenches, to break or destroy the limbs of these beasts. The Vandatula's can usually be identified by their wild laugh after marking a walker.
These designs are far more important than one realizes. If they can survive the beach then they can survive walking on other planets, asteroids or ? without bulk or complication.
I've seen Theo's creatures before but I never knew they were this complex. It's amazing, there are now wires, no computers operating through sensors no hydraulics just an incredible engineered harmony of mechanics and physics.
did anyone got bit scared coz they don't understand this? i think is because he used the term animal, and it looked nothing like it to me, i didn't understand what the hell it is and how it works. if this was invented in middle ages he would be burnt alive, considered to be a witch or something. I didn't believe the theory that humans are affraid of what they can't understand but this proved it so well :D genius
For making one of those, you need to replace all the biological functions with mechanisms.
Replace nourishment with wind energy supply.
Replace perceiving the environment with water-feelers. If he man manages to replace the third function, reproduction; he would have officially created life out of plastic tubes.
Even viruses are less sophisticated than his machines, so Theo is close; and he demonstrates being a genius with each of his sculptures.
People like this make me proud of my country again. No computers no HDD no electrisity. Just an idea and a beautyfull creature. Theo Jansen u are the inventor of the new millenium. We are greatfull of your great mind. (sorry for the bad englisch)
this is amazing, this guy has created a machine that can reprogram itself. That's a very low form of artificial inteligence. But he has done it just with ropes and sticks.
The way he so pointedly makes statements shows his talent.
I mean
"One problem is the sea. This is the water-feeler, for feeling water."
Fundamentally, that is what it is, but to make such a simple statement about such a complex mechanism is the most amazing thing. That is what it was designed to do, and what it does perfectly.
You can imagine him thinking in that order. The creature needs to feel water, how would it do that?
Those questions form the modules that build the machine.
The fact that Sir Theo calls them animals and claims they're alive, the fact that he names his creations, and the fact that he sees a bright future for his creations can only mean one thing.. He LOVES his creations..
Fun design, rather primitive brain. I wonder if later generations will have trash cans included, to help keep the beaches clean and whatnot. Lest these creatures we're born purposeless. ;D
Now he just needs to make Non Neumann replicator versions that pick up bottles and pieces of conduit that it then cuts and assembles into more of them.
oh, i see now. :) i thought it was a measure of his passion about his creations that he says they're alive, but he has very specific meanings for that (from alphapredator's comment.)
it's starting to sink in, just how important they are in terms of energy uses and new ways of moving heavy things---they really are a new wheel, he's not being "eccentric" or odd for saying that, or even arrogant. he's just stating a fact.
it's fascinating. i understand now why he's called another da vinci.
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The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
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MrMovieSound 1 week ago
I thought it was a joke...this is ted,i mean,no one ACTUALLY thought he evolved them and they were sentient...right....
PivotSideEffects 3 weeks ago
5:44 "to survive all the dangers of the bitch" ... you go Theo, we all need to survive to the dangers of them bitches!
FractalBolt 1 month ago
@FractalBolt beach
ekuLpsaaH 1 month ago
Beautiful and amazing. But won't they end up a plastic litter, killing birds and sea life?
maluabq 1 month ago
new form of transport?? hopefully cheaper than public transport/cars! Crustacean-transportation has a ring to it
00BuCkErZ00 1 month ago
a mechanical brain!!!
arnilieable 2 months ago
great video
MrPEDOCTOR 2 months ago
Okay scientifically, something is alive if it responds to stimuli, uses energy, and reproduces on its own. I see these beasts doing only 2 of those 3 things, therefore they are not alive.
The fact that they are not alive does not diminish their beauty or awesomeness.
GragonOhare 2 months ago 3
it's amazing how he does all of these without electricity. truly amazing.
eiryn24 2 months ago
Wicked ... but I can't see how or why he thinks of and calls these things "animals" ... implying that they are alive.
oODarkEnergyOo 3 months ago in playlist Kinetic Art - Sound Art - Magnetic Art - Futuristic Art
pretty cool, but ill be impressed when they can reproduce
johnocc 3 months ago
why are people laughing
erererer2 3 months ago
The Dutch have always been brilliant engineers! This is without a doubt the most important creative synthesis of art and science in our generation!
bobnrainy 3 months ago
this is so inspirational... Its awesome
WhiteHawkPROD 3 months ago
ah... guys, you realize this thing isn't REALLY alive, right?
orenab1 3 months ago 12
@orenab1
Ahh, but how do define what "Alive" really means?
If something functions completely on its own, is it then alive? An interesting idea for sure.
ChayilAhava 2 months ago
@ChayilAhava "Alive" at the very very least means it wants something. I don't know how you define "functions", but if that means it can just move, than a piece of wood put in the sea is just as "Alive".
orenab1 2 months ago
@orenab1
Like I said, it all depends on what you mean by "alive". On a different note, consciousness, such as wanting, is an undefinable characteristic. If you think about it, trees "want" water, the earth "wants" rain.
ChayilAhava 2 months ago
@orenab1 It depends on what your conception of life is.
TiGobMan426 2 months ago
Why does this man see himself as an evolutionary propagationist rather than what he is - a brilliant robotics engineer?
Sotoberi 3 months ago 22
@Sotoberi An evolutionary what?
GragonOhare 2 months ago
@Sotoberi Because it is a fact that this creature is a LIVING animal, machines are not alive. What degree or background do you have to classify this man for what he is lmao?
DroForTheLow 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
@Sotoberi He lives between the limits of the genius and the craziness. Yet his ideas are so simple that no electricity neither any metal scraps are needed.
endurance619 2 weeks ago
@Sotoberi
Is there a difference?
What does life mean?
sure they cant multiply yet and sure random change should take a long time
So evolving as a singular or a group is still far
but those are just few steps towards artificial life.
MikesGoAcademy 2 weeks ago
it's really cool but imagine you're having a nice picnic on the beach and one of these big ass beautiful blind mother f-ers comes and tramples all over your lunch.
evianonly 3 months ago 3
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incredible
kamhaji16 3 months ago
This isn't life. Life means that there is the ability for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death. This is what separates animals from rocks. These machines of his can do none of these attributes. They are amazing!...but they are not life!
TheFlyingScott100 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures 2
@TheFlyingScott100 yes but not being alive does not impede there ability to reproduce, Viruses are not living organisms yet they can reproduce in there own way, whats to say an artificial creature can't do the same?
xcrapheadx 3 months ago
@xcrapheadx One of the very reasons a virus is not considered 'alive' or a part of the animal kingdom is that it is incapable of reproducing on its own.
bluemonchu 3 months ago
WOOOOOOOOOOW he's incredible!
LXBD 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
So you're telling me that there is a possibility that one of those could "evolve" completely on its own? Over millions of years of course.
MrExspectator 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
PVC ANIMAL SEX
Ayoobmarafie 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
It is artistic but I think he's somehow insane. He's referring them as a living thing, which they are not.
zucipix123 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures 3
@zucipix123 He says at one point that it's the imagination of it being a real animal. He's attempting to make it able to sense danger, even save itself from possibly "dying", or I guess in your unimaginative life you could say from being destroyed.
Ecksplisit 3 months ago
Lol can it reproduce hahaha
zucipix123 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
Its not alive its just tubes
GoodFriendsForever 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures 2
That Awesome
CamaraMountClamp 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
Tiene gran talento no cabe duda, que mejor manera de invertir tus tiempos libres...
HappySoundman 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
Yes this invention is genius but the guy makes the mistake of calling it an animal. It is not an animal and he is making himself into a crackpot by calling it an animal. Unless someone is willing to maintain these over time they will eventually stop working. They run on wind but given enough wind it will also destroy them. They cannot feed on organic matter nor can they reproduce. Call it what it is, a machine and you will not look so foolish.
reshsamech 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
@reshsamech Look at the word animal. Directly, it means anything which has an animation -- animated movement in space. Speaking the English language you can only latch on to the word animal as you know it, but pretty much everywhere else, including Holland, animal is a much more encompassing term. Remember two things: English isn't his strong point and English is the "crackpot" of languages.
RBIVscreamtherequiem 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
@RBIVscreamtherequiem An animal is the member of the kingdom Animalia. When the definition becomes anything more "encompassing" it stops being the definition of an animal.
RandomPandaization 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures 2
@RandomPandaization What you just said makes perfect sense.
To someone who speaks English.
RBIVscreamtherequiem 3 months ago
he seems just a little bit off in my opinion.. no doubt that this takes incredible genius to create these things but..
MihanMay 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures 2
Genius - perhaps more than he realises...one day someone will actualize this in its best/fullest potential. hope i see it.
oh and one more thing. try watching any of these Ted's with the inception soundtrack mixed in....AWESOME! :)
thethinking1 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
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MonNasser 3 months ago
Amazing! This is a very brilliant and creative man. His inventions though are neither an 'animal' nor 'creature' as they are not alive.
MonNasser 3 months ago 2
Wow... soon we will have the technology to be god. The ability to manipulate energy in every single way and the ability to create anything out of everything. O.o
denkih272 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
I was wondering how he stopped them from walking into the sea xD
Superkool453 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
like how people laugh lol
WTFcrewvideos 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
What is the point of these things... or is it just for art?
BlaydeZ28 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
@BlaydeZ28 they are made to save the dunes from the rising sea!
Hayleighx0 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
can he make us free energy??
bart666a 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
They are what I would call "inorganic zombie machines"; high efficiency, non reproducing, built for one task. A new kind of machine, not a robot.
Slothmanify 4 months ago
It's not a new lifeform. It's not even a robot. It doesn't think or selfreplicate. It just walks.
jykell117 4 months ago
@jykell117 Thank you
SilencedSouls 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
He is no regular artist!
corktech 4 months ago
creepy! but GREAT !!!
SupeRShooDi 4 months ago
Christopher Walken would do well playing this part in a movie. That aside, man this is incredible.
nofec 4 months ago
I will live on for the beaches, the beaches. The beaches that wanna get with me, the e the a the z the y the e.
tret32 5 months ago
i love his work and i also agree that the man is a genius, but would anyone mind giving the name of the song that's playing?
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This man is the epitome of the mad scientist, oh how i wish i was that smart.
uprightking 5 months ago
This man is the epitome of the mad scientist, oh how i wish i was that smart.
uprightking 5 months ago
By definition this is not life but, as I see it, very interesting machinery. By presenting the "creatures" as art, we are missing to see the true potential of them working as tools for other causes than entertainment. So, develop the creatures into non-electrical machines and then I would be truly impressed.
RonieIslam8 5 months ago 2
I actually think this is far more productive then biologists trying to play God. Wind is breath, is spirit, is life.
spiltteethy 6 months ago
damn!! its freak me out!
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youneekk 6 months ago
I bow to his ingenuity!
tanzanos 6 months ago
is this real
bluecabose 6 months ago
@bluecabose
Yes. His creation is called the Strandebeest.
RisingPhoenix120 6 months ago
I wonder if he was inspired to do this after being told NOT to reinvent the wheel....
roadkillrabbit69 6 months ago
Some day, I hope to be one of those 1,000 people.
blaineisvip 6 months ago
Interesting kinetic art. It's too bad neither the commentator nor Theo understand the creative process to properly use the terms creation and evolution. It muddles the beauty of his work.
1Heart4God1 7 months ago
@1Heart4God1 He probably knows that he technically is using it incorrectly, but think it is funny to do so. But I would not say that it is incorrect to call it "life".
SmartestViking 6 months ago
@SmartestViking I agree he knows the proper terms to use, and with all due respect for your appreciation of his work, he creates a life-like character for his work by using the terms incorrectly. The many legs and motions of the art along with his use of words lend it the quality of something that crawled out of primordial ooze. But, in the great scheme of things it is a creation with a creator, similar to us in that aspect, but no more a form of life than a wind sock. Ingenious work, however.
1Heart4God1 6 months ago
@1Heart4God1 we don't have a creator, unless you are talking about the big bang and evolution. You are a beautifuly simple creature......who is probably made of tubes and lemonade bottles.
loveallthepeople1000 6 months ago
@loveallthepeople1000 *grin* How funny. Nothing exploded and made glass marbles which evolved into lemonade bottles.
1Heart4God1 6 months ago
What im wondering the same way he uses kinetic energy o power these life forms, cant the same kinetic energy be used to generate electricity?
elsangre333 7 months ago
i know it is great to invent but if the invention wont add anthin to our lives, a good thing, then its not worth being invented.
lvvolvic 7 months ago
You think art doesn't add to our lives? Your world must be bleak indeed!
coordinates000 7 months ago
THEO is a fitting name for this man
Ravengaurd6 7 months ago
I am never going to a beach ever again!
Ravengaurd6 7 months ago
this example shows that life in general might be design..
TheLostODST 7 months ago
@TheLostODST maybe but this creation isn't made out of self replicating chemicals
audveltadmuna 7 months ago
@audveltadmuna not yet:p
TheLostODST 7 months ago
Its one simple idea replicated. If you look at even a mouse it has lots of systems that make it a lifeform. However, it is a start.
3Deity 7 months ago
ilu
Josh3200 7 months ago
theo jansen, you are a madman
Josh3200 7 months ago
As amazing as this creation is, what's the point?
StephRex72 7 months ago
@StephRex72 art
jasonwardy 7 months ago
holly shit omfg what am I watching??
beastbubblegum 7 months ago
"i wanna put this form of the life on the bitches" i know its childish but i laughed so hard :D
bounceeer 7 months ago
Great video and work.. I like this artist too:
ralfw is the youtube name. ralfwesterhof.nl
Also amazing!!!
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AdalbertoWalton 8 months ago
Where's the life? I mean, from what I can understand, life is apparent when there's birth, growth, reproduction of some sort, then it dwindles, and dies. Also when there's some level of consciousness existing. And some sort of heart. I won't deny the genius of this person, he's basically creating robots, but "earth friendly" robots.
grannynara 8 months ago 6
@grannynara he's creating art + engineering = design. You can call his stuff industrial design. If you're looking at functionality, he did talk about the rhinoceros and it's ability to carry heavy payload
ProfCantonius 7 months ago
This video made me cry because of pure awesomeness. One day, this man could pretty well be a god for new kind of life.
adfdasfadfdaaaa 8 months ago 16
so cool!
ASIARABIA 8 months ago
Wow!!!
hck112 8 months ago
yeah,but does it have a golden voice?
johnydeltablues 8 months ago
God complex much?
still it's a nice model
M0defi 8 months ago
i hope some day he comes to mexico and show his animals :)
shorty20bellota 8 months ago
@shorty20bellota Is there wind? ;-)
Arthounot 8 months ago
video starts at 0:25
bedsidecreeper 9 months ago
MY GOD!!! This man is a genius by creating life without electricity...
AMAZING!!!
darkmonolith97 9 months ago 55
@darkmonolith97 this guy is god.
LittleShroomChild 4 months ago
@darkmonolith97 uhhh are you stupid? You are alive, when your life began in your mothers womb was there an electric shock? No, because no life is started via electricity. Plus these are not alive so you can not call them "Life".
xxclayton 3 months ago in playlist Beach Creatures
I would love to see one of these completely recreated in 3D CGI with the same mechanical physics but given a layer of flesh and made to look lifelike!
illchillkyle 9 months ago 2
I wonder if something like this could be used to harvest/plant crops without the use of heavy and gas powered equipment. Obviously that's not going to be terribly easy or efficient, but so far as I know this is the only design that can mechanically harvest wind energy and move a light vehicle back and forth in straight lines.
Houshalter 9 months ago 5
@wrtbupoh2t491 Yeah, you're right, maybe I overreacted. It's just that arguing about that stuff being alive seemed stupid and pointless. Even more criticizing someone just because he said that when it could be a metaphor, just to start an argument. I dislike people who try to underestimate the work of other people. I don't know, maybe I got trolled...
Alphapredator1 9 months ago
i want a wind powered t rex got any in the making
hack4100 9 months ago
put some stairs now..
puchomoreno 9 months ago
Maybe this can use his ideas at NASA on some of their rovers, etc .
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CutiiEsteraa662 10 months ago
if I saw these "LIVE" on a beach Id "KILL" them for sport!
treyguy09 10 months ago
I thought I was watching the soimpsons in the begging
treyguy09 10 months ago
And then we have their main predator: Thuggus Abomis Vandaltula, a species of human bent on killing these graceful beasts. They use special colored glands in their hands to coat the walker in a bright substance, usually marking the Vandaltula's territory, or simply decrepatating it for fun. Others carry heavy objects, such as rocks or hammers, or even wrenches, to break or destroy the limbs of these beasts. The Vandatula's can usually be identified by their wild laugh after marking a walker.
PrincessPengy 10 months ago
These designs are far more important than one realizes. If they can survive the beach then they can survive walking on other planets, asteroids or ? without bulk or complication.
Pure genius!
Archtops 10 months ago
@Archtops that's what the one looked liked before he showed how it sucked up the water
ProfCantonius 7 months ago
This is actually the inside of a rolex
alwaysApril1st 10 months ago
That is really interesting.
LivingInAVideoGame 10 months ago
sublime
sgtmcwallace 10 months ago
I've seen Theo's creatures before but I never knew they were this complex. It's amazing, there are now wires, no computers operating through sensors no hydraulics just an incredible engineered harmony of mechanics and physics.
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sachamun 10 months ago
THis is awesome... I want a mini one!
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bass109 10 months ago
What's happened in Las Vegas , please stay in Las Vegas , don't try to spread out and touch oneone as American Express card !
huynhminhtri 10 months ago
Love that old school TED intro music
A3DFX 10 months ago
did anyone got bit scared coz they don't understand this? i think is because he used the term animal, and it looked nothing like it to me, i didn't understand what the hell it is and how it works. if this was invented in middle ages he would be burnt alive, considered to be a witch or something. I didn't believe the theory that humans are affraid of what they can't understand but this proved it so well :D genius
engcamel 11 months ago
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JoeAVA100 10 months ago
waitwaitwait, did he say holland!?
VIVA HOLLANDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheBasjenator 11 months ago
This video was uploaded in 2007, 'n I'm still 18...will I get to see them surviving on their own on some beach in my country before I die!?
AyyoThugni 11 months ago
For making one of those, you need to replace all the biological functions with mechanisms.
Replace nourishment with wind energy supply.
Replace perceiving the environment with water-feelers. If he man manages to replace the third function, reproduction; he would have officially created life out of plastic tubes.
Even viruses are less sophisticated than his machines, so Theo is close; and he demonstrates being a genius with each of his sculptures.
I hope see them survive on their own someday.
ZenitYerkes 11 months ago 2
omg those are the cutest things! XD
Also, awesomest human achievement ofc.
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OferAggam 11 months ago
Theo means God. He should start a religion.
NobleNutria 11 months ago
@NobleNutria too bad he's an agnostic.
hck112 8 months ago
stupid question, what is the song at 1:13?
shimauma 11 months ago
querky but genius
sexdrugsandrave 11 months ago
It's beautiful... Disliking this is a sin against man and nature.
freestyleshaman 11 months ago
This is the most amazing thing i've seen in my life!! OMGGGGG!!!!! I'm spell bound!!
itssid 11 months ago
This just blew my mind...
HammyL33T 1 year ago
As an engineer myself, I am spell bound.
BestestMoron 1 year ago
People like this make me proud of my country again. No computers no HDD no electrisity. Just an idea and a beautyfull creature. Theo Jansen u are the inventor of the new millenium. We are greatfull of your great mind. (sorry for the bad englisch)
HyNiJo 1 year ago
this is amazing, this guy has created a machine that can reprogram itself. That's a very low form of artificial inteligence. But he has done it just with ropes and sticks.
pure genious
patataton 1 year ago 4
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OferAggam 11 months ago
The way he so pointedly makes statements shows his talent.
I mean
"One problem is the sea. This is the water-feeler, for feeling water."
Fundamentally, that is what it is, but to make such a simple statement about such a complex mechanism is the most amazing thing. That is what it was designed to do, and what it does perfectly.
You can imagine him thinking in that order. The creature needs to feel water, how would it do that?
Those questions form the modules that build the machine.
Zemnmez 1 year ago
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This man is a genius, a Da Vinci of our era
Gnomusy 1 year ago
This man is a genius, a Da Vinci of our era
Gnomusy 1 year ago 55
mind fuck!
lazim1 1 year ago 4
How did this turn into a bash America argument, this is about this guys awesome creations!
WilIiamTDBolles 1 year ago
does anyone know the name of the background music?
chivasmexicano1 1 year ago
The fact that Sir Theo calls them animals and claims they're alive, the fact that he names his creations, and the fact that he sees a bright future for his creations can only mean one thing.. He LOVES his creations..
seumulhana21 1 year ago 6
wow thats 1 fucking ugly looking beemer in the end
NGT2O6 1 year ago
:O Estas cositas van a dominar al mundo. Nos van a matar a todos, me dan miedo.
b4ptism 1 year ago
Fun design, rather primitive brain. I wonder if later generations will have trash cans included, to help keep the beaches clean and whatnot. Lest these creatures we're born purposeless. ;D
LazyOtaku 1 year ago
Now he just needs to make Non Neumann replicator versions that pick up bottles and pieces of conduit that it then cuts and assembles into more of them.
WeedGreenPowerRanger 1 year ago
Does anyone else think these are designed specifically for implementation on the nano scale?
derman077 1 year ago 4
someone got carried away playing K-nex as a kid....
Seagerash 1 year ago 3
This are the most amazing things I have ever seen.
Paudman 1 year ago
is this the beginings of mechs?
Awsomonium 1 year ago
@Awsomonium one can dream
ey55maan2 1 year ago
I love TED ^^
Crazyrat84 1 year ago
oh, i see now. :) i thought it was a measure of his passion about his creations that he says they're alive, but he has very specific meanings for that (from alphapredator's comment.)
it's starting to sink in, just how important they are in terms of energy uses and new ways of moving heavy things---they really are a new wheel, he's not being "eccentric" or odd for saying that, or even arrogant. he's just stating a fact.
it's fascinating. i understand now why he's called another da vinci.
bluebanshee3 1 year ago 2
never heard of theo jansen before today
now im aware of his importance
incredible genius
RobertJayMatthews 1 year ago
太有才了
1984Acai 1 year ago
The simple beauty of this is astounding! <3
Bethlivanni 1 year ago
Theo Jansen IS a god.
Its like something out of a Ballard novel
BrotherKarr 1 year ago
2:25 THIS THING IS BUILD BY ONE MAN ? ... Da Vinci 2 ?
DeltronCommando 1 year ago
I can't wait to see these working independently
EyeTrack3 1 year ago
anyone one else see the one dude running through the herd at 2:40 he was probably like, "HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
ProjectD13X 1 year ago
THEO JANSEN IS THE DARK HARBINGER OF OUR RACES DEMISE.
STRANDBEESTS WILL BE THE DEATH OF US ALL.
Alex4757 1 year ago
@Alex4757 I hope this comment is a joke. I'm already laughing at it, so it works good. This guy is the shining light of the future if anything.
Sampson2012bot 1 year ago
eerie and awesome
DarkSteele 1 year ago
This is nothing. I Saw the professor on Gilligans island make a radio out of coconuts; can Theo do that? No!
Hujze 1 year ago
Jesus christ. If I saw one of those huge things walking around on a beach I would run away and never come back.
soulmman 1 year ago 2
Amazing.