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Dutch artist Theo Jansen demonstrates his amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures, built from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His "Strandbeests" (Beach Creatures) are built to move and even survive on their own.

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awanis : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

awanis

10 votes NegativePositive

616 days 3 hours ago...

he call those things animals.. i see he have pure passion for his job 5/5

MCage : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

MCage

-5 votes NegativePositive

615 days 11 hours ago...

looks like ghost in the shell was right.

Cookieboy2003b : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

Cookieboy2003b

2 votes NegativePositive

615 days 10 hours ago...

wow

Iroquois_Pliskin : LVL 4: VP 1.3: said:

Iroquois_Pliskin

9 votes NegativePositive

615 days 6 hours ago...

Thats absolutely amazing, the ingenuity and complexity of the tubes is unreal 5/5

Tath : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Tath

6 votes NegativePositive

614 days 21 hours ago...

I`ve got a fever...
and the only...
prescription...
is more Strandbeest...

Zytemis : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

Zytemis

5 votes NegativePositive

610 days 17 hours ago...

Such an amazing artist, one of the few who is also an engineer. It`s nice to see someone is putting their creative mind to use.

JakeSB : LVL 9: VP 1.8: said:

JakeSB

11 votes NegativePositive

609 days 10 hours ago...

The fact that such an intricate machine can be accomplished without any electronics is fascinating. This guy is brilliant.

Fredrick_chilton : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Fredrick_chilton

4 votes NegativePositive

609 days 10 hours ago...

Anything Theo Jansen 5/5

PaaTy : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

PaaTy

4 votes NegativePositive

609 days 9 hours ago...

He plans to put those on the beaches, there will always be douchebags who will see one of those and destroy it or knock it over. With that aside, its probably one of the most ingenius inventions I`ve ever seen.

landon11 : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

landon11

6 votes NegativePositive

609 days 9 hours ago...

Countless people and companies are trying to make robots that `think` and `feel` on their own with ever more complex hardware and software. This man is having more success with simply poles and tubes.

5/5 for pure brilliance

Led Zeppelin : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

Led Zeppelin

2 votes NegativePositive

609 days 8 hours ago...

Paaty I bet in the future years he will have some "asshole" radar for those things that bashes the jackoffs on the head with that "grounding hammer" at least I hope so.

very impressive

rhiannon : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

rhiannon

1 votes NegativePositive

609 days 8 hours ago...

I actually purchased this guys dvd about a year ago, it was total shit, terrible quality and editing, which is really disappointing considering how cool these creatures are, this guy is a total genius. I love the big one with the solid `skin,` I think that`s the one people can actually ride in and power.

Fatelessdestiny : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Fatelessdestiny

3 votes NegativePositive

609 days 7 hours ago...

It`d be so awesome if this guy figured out a way to put these on Mars...

Punk NASA`s rovers

[sic]jester : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

[sic]jester

1 votes NegativePositive

609 days 7 hours ago...

That is one of the most amazing things I have seen in a long time. This guy is a genius, I would love to see a herd of these. This could be one of those futuristic weapons too, the heavy load design made me think of a walking tank.

Bad_Karma : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

Bad_Karma

2 votes NegativePositive

609 days 6 hours ago...

Am I the only one who wants to ride on one at the beach?

Needs a way to steer though.

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