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Strandbeest

Postby NeoTiger on Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:59 pm

Found some interesting things to look at in Federation Square. The Strandbeest are created by artist and engineer Theo Jansen. They are designed to walk freely on beaches and powered by the wind.

The name "strandbeest" means beach animal in Dutch. Theo Jansen has been working on various forms of strandbeest since 1990, and many of his creations walk around beaches freely as if they possessed a primitive form of artificial life.

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See my blog post for more information and a lot more photos :)
http://ai-artificialimagination.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/strandbeest-in-melbourne.html
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Re: Strandbeest

Postby surenj on Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:23 am

I've seen these beachabeasts on TV. They are just kewl. Which beach is he going to leave this one?
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Re: Strandbeest

Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:35 am

Crazy and Cool. Would be a bit freaky if you were sleeping on the beach and woke up with this ambling past.
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Re: Strandbeest

Postby NeoTiger on Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:48 pm

Yeah, they are very fascinating creations. Need to watch the videos on youtube to really appreciate how amazing Theo Jansen's work really is.

Not sure if the particular examples shown here will end up living on a beach somewhere, or if they are supposed to go on a world tour for various exhibits like this one.
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Re: Strandbeest

Postby Matt. K on Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:41 am

I had a beach umbrella that used to do the same thing! :biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
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Re: Strandbeest

Postby NeoTiger on Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:56 pm

Went back to Federation Square for another look with less people around, but unfortunately the strandbeest was behind some bollards.

New photos here: http://ai-artificialimagination.blogspo ... beest.html
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Re: Strandbeest

Postby phillipb on Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:56 pm

Matt. K wrote:I had a beach umbrella that used to do the same thing! :biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:

I bet it was a lot faster too. :D
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