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zebra2 · 4152 days ago · link · · parent · post: TEDtalk: "Theo Jansen: My creations, a new form of life" - Creates autonomous creatures out of PVC
The ingenuity of these things is insane. He's made little computers out of PVC, tubes, and bottles that have robust mechanical bodies that move efficiently and entirely on the power of wind. I would love to visit a beach park with these things roaming freely on their own.
My jaw dropped when he demonstrated the "brain." Of course it's just some binary, but the fact that somebody took the time to figure out how to make it out of PVC when there were no apparent practical uses just floored me. It would be kind of creepy to see these things walking around on a beach unattended, especially at night...
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