Theo Jansen's beach sculpture

Kinetic sculptor and artist Theo Jansen builds free roaming beasts powered only by the wind using yellow plastic tubing readily available in his native Holland.

The graceful creatures evolve over time as Theo adapts their designs to harness the wind more efficiently. Some even store some of the wind’s energy in plastic bottle ‘stomachs’ to be used when there is no wind.

READ more about this program at the BBC

 

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  1. I know! Aren’t these things cool? Lots of people shared this one on Twitter.

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