Theo Jansen at the Creativity World Forum 2008, Presenting Strandbeest: Making New Life

[nws15]

what those water bottles do?

[damn1981991]

imagination is a wonderful place to stay in :D

[mycahdbrown]

that looks like the giant spider from the Wild Wild WEST!!!

[bluebanshee3]

to him, they're alive and have souls, so to him they're animals.

[DJkkrown]

they don't think either!

[DJkkrown]

they don't think either!

[DJkkrown]

technically, he cannot call these things "animals." however, it is very ingenious though.

[JackOfSpades93]

He saved his trial and error with this ending.

[TheDenknach]

do you mean this technique can be useful in future?

[Oglenthorne]

Neat, but they probably don't look so good in a bikini.

[sbdback]

i dont get how it mves with wind power how does it work

[cgvout]

Some of the "creatures" have flapping sails on their backs. The sails pump air into 2 liter bottles when the wind blows. After a little while the air pressure in the bottles becomes so great, that through a series of hoses and linkages, moves the animal. Think of it as a hydrolic or pneumatic.

[Muxxyy]

@sbdback it works on the same principle as, lets say, a windmill. the wind pushes it and so it moves

[XxxxangerxxxX]

@sbdback um there is a craNK THAT SPINS WICH POWERS IT IF YOU HOOK THE CRANK UP TO SOMETHING THAT CATCHES WINDE AND SPINS THEN IT WILL CAATCH THE WIND AND TURN THE CRANK oops i had caps lock

[ropewalkingelephant]

awesome, i've seen every theo jansen video on youtube lol finally a new one to watch, thanks!