Strandbeest - Theo Jansen

[meesterschilders]

placed into my playlist of Theo Jansen, thanks

[numinaimages]

Notice that he is Dutch... I wonder if he smokes Cannabis. Could it free his mind to think more openly than us American Shits?

[brainhost]

Hurray for stereotypes...

[jeffpicks]

@numinaimages I'm pretty sure there has to be some Lysergic Acid involved too!

[werebear1]

A feat in art and engineering. Great post!

[saloge]

this thing got no brain..what it is use for?

[Curixq]

yes it has, a very primitive brain.

[jigglesnap]

Not quite as primitive as saloge's, though.

[iamahipo1]

This guy is one of the few last true heroes in the world. There is something about trying to do something like he does, with out reward- (and something that doesn't help people (I hate people)) that is so beautiful. I have never thought of anyone as my hero before. Sure, Benjamin Franklin was a great man, and did much more than Theo Jansen, but There is just something that Theo Jansen does that touches me.

[Lostereadamy]

HERP DE DERP, I AM SUPERIOR

[iamahipo1]

Wtf?

[theskilledhunter]

How would the supposed evolution of life influence a robotic algorithm in any way, shape, form, or fashion? :)

[bettyted]

Hehe, I'm guessing you're not Darwin's biggest fan?

First off, evolution, if it does exist, gives humans the potential to conceive such an amazing thing. Survival of the fittest means that we have developed astonishing intelligence.

The invention of the wheel, for example, over 5,000 years ago, is the concept on which anything manmade is based. It gave way to the car, the bike, even the iPod, thousands of years later. In answer, evolution, even if not directly, makes all the difference. :-)

[zasabiibasaz]

i wish this was at burning man

[cumesoftware]

I would like to see more info about that. Can you suggest me a website. I'm interested in such algorithms myself.

[filmforever]

where was this filmed? looks like barcelona

[Nederlandac]

He is dutch.

North Sea, I think.

[EhIiKeyf]

it is like engine.same mechanism but different version combined with art

[gripinsky]

impressive! I can do better positioning and performance for that kinetic sculptures. Also possible to film sculptures as actors with story, scenario. Just thinking.

[aropeofsand]

You are possibly missing the purpose of this, gripinsky. Your comment is embarrassing.

[sorrellindustries]

look up "rods" or "sky fish" this is an insect that is unknown by science as it moves so fast the naked eye can barely see it, the sky fish have been caught on camera and freeze framed, thier wings look and function exactly like this invention.

[carpenoctem66]

umm...Thats not real. Its in Video Games

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Swords and guns are also in video games, does that mean swords and guns are not real. just do a youtube search for syfish or rods and pick out the more legitimate clips.

[dilesh007]

i think its real.. read something about it recently... they live in a cave in sout america...

[carpenoctem66]

well. YEs thats true about the sword thing, but the Whole Skyrod craze is basically Video cameras with a slow frame duration capturing a winged insect multiple times in one frame. That's what the wavy lines and ROD are

[kurtu5]

experiment

1 high speed camera

1 regular joe camera

high speed filmed moths in great detail, the other saw rods.

QED

[carpenoctem66]

I saw that MonsterQuest episode. That was awesome!

[cumesoftware]

You can also see this kind of movement in sea slugs and squids! It is a very efficient movement that generates a great deal of thrust. Theo Jansen's mechanisms are so perfect, their movements are so fluid, their proportions are so perfect, that it is as if they were created by God.

[shptre]

What song?

[lribes]

Hi irunbikerun. I created this song for the video.

[irunbikerun]

anyone know what song this might be?