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

Artist Theo jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move - and even survive - on the beach and on their own.
The wall between art and engineering only exists in our minds.

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[damn1981991]

imagination is a wonderful place to stay in :D

[Oglenthorne]

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

[nws15]

what those water bottles do?

[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.

[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

[Muxxyy]

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

[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.