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Theo Jansen's creatures
Wind-powered autonomous artificial life |
Jerome Woody |
12 Feb 2008 |
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| A friend of mine showed me this video last weekend, and I just wanted to show you all how freaking cool it is. It's a ongoing work of Dutch artist Theo Jansen, who's literally creating artificial creatures that can move on their own and survive autonomously on a beach. Wind-powered and updated using simulated genetic evolution ... well, just look! Outside of the coolness factor, the ramifications of this project -- creating autonomous, renewable-energy-powered, z ... |
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