Theo Jansen's 'Strandbeests' :)

[wallace_trust]

If Professor Tolkien had been a physicist and engineer, he might have come up with creatures like these.  :)

Jansen's TED talk is also charming, and reveals that his creations are even more sophisticated than they appear!  

"strandbeest evolution" (Watch on YouTube)

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Comments

[earthspirits]

Very, very cool! Yes, I think you're right that Professor T. might very well have created / imagined creatures like the ones shown here! : )

[wallace_trust]

They are so beautiful and fluttery, they're like robots built by Elves.

[baranduin]

I love these!

[wallace_trust]

They're kind of hypnotic, aren't they? :)

[shirebound]

Amazing!

[wallace_trust]

Doubly so when he shows how one of them can detect water and then anchor itself against floating out to sea! :)