Comments on: Beautiful Wind Walkers

Beautiful Wind Walkers

O9scar — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:23:43 -0800

Walking on Wind. Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist who creates sculptures that use wind power to walk. They're amazingly lifelike and organic - like a physical version of Sodaplay. More images (and a short video) at his website. (found on boingboing)

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:41:33 -0800

Also discussed here. Thanks for the additional popular science link, though. Jansen's stuff is pretty dang cool.

By: kozad

kozad — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:44:07 -0800

Wonderfully wonderful. Would that I could beam my working self (OK, metafiltering self) to that beach and watch those guys walk.

By: O9scar

O9scar — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:55:53 -0800

Argh. The dreaded double post. I searched for it and everything. Oh well.

By: marvin

marvin — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 16:48:50 -0800

I missed it the first time. Totally excellent!! Has Terry Gilliam seen this I wonder?

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Sat, 07 Dec 2002 07:22:32 -0800

this is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

By: majcher

majcher — Sat, 07 Dec 2002 09:49:25 -0800

There's also a pretty amazing short (and strangely narrated) documentary about the creator here. It goes more into how he uses genetic algorithms to help design the walkers, and how he hopes to have herds of them on the beaches, helping to maintain the costline against rising water levels.