I shall upvote this video to the status of siftyfied, as hamsters and kinetic sculptures were made for each other.

NOT a dupe of http://www.videosift.com/video/Kinetic-sculpture-at-the-BMW-Museum

Basically a dupe of http://www.videosift.com/video/Kinetic-Sculptures-A-Marvel-of-Design.

Sorry, but this is a virtually an identical dupe of this:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Kinetic-Sculptures-A-Marvel-of-Design

From the Gizmo Garden website:

"Carlos was a college kinetic sculpture project. I was interested in the concept of automating aspects of society that were considered not so "glamorous". Robotics are often used in environments which are considered dangerous to humans. Deep sea exploration, nuclear cleanup and volcanism are some of the "higher profile" adverse environments which robots are used. My question was, "What about other dangerous or hazardous areas?". For example, homeless people live in extremely dangerous environments. Shouldn't there be automated equipment used by this strata of society? So, for this project I chose to implement an automated walking, homeless shopping cart. I imagine now, to carry this project to completion I should have given the controls to someone who was actually living on the streets near the university. There was a large homeless population near the campus, and there would have been plenty of opportunity. Unfortunately, I had to disassemble the project for parts before this happened."

this is, indeed, another work by theo jansen. it's call the 'animaris rhinoceros transport.' for those who don't know, all of mr. jansen's creations are 'kinetic sculptures' that use wind power to make them move. he believes he is making new species of animals and speaks quite lovingly of them.

from jansen's website strandbeest.com: "The Animaris Rhinoceros Transport is a type of animal with a steel skeleton and a polyester skin. It looks as if there is a thick layer of sand coating the animal. It weighes 2. tons, but can be set into motion by one person. It stands 4.70 meters tall."

That's because no one listens to stupid people. Your avatar says it all, Ralphie.


In reply to this comment by MycroftHomlz:
Its amazing... I calling this out for being a terrible sift and everybody and their brother frickin votes for it.

Not a Londoner I'm afraid, but Heathrow is one of those funnel places, so i've been through a few times. I didn't notice the cloud on my recent trip, but didn't know to look out for it and it's a big place, but I'll be curious to see it in person when next i go.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Hey Thylan, I know you're an Englishman, but are you a Londoner? I'm curious because my latest hot sift has me curious. Does that sculpture make a bunch of noise when the dots are flipping, or is it quiet? Maybe you've haven't seen it in person yet, but if you have I'd like to know. Personally I hope it's whisper-quiet. I'd hate be to be distracted by the racket of hundreds of flip-dots doing their thing while I'm trying to enjoy the visual display.

Your feedback is always appreciated. And keep up the GREAT work here. You're one of my favorite sifters. (And I don't always say that to butter up someone. If I did I'd keep this communique private, which I didn't.) Cheers!

Hey Thylan, I know you're an Englishman, but are you a Londoner? I'm curious because my latest hot sift has me curious. Does that sculpture make a bunch of noise when the dots are flipping, or is it quiet? Maybe you've haven't seen it in person yet, but if you have I'd like to know. Personally I hope it's whisper-quiet. I'd hate be to be distracted by the racket of hundreds of flip-dots doing their thing while I'm trying to enjoy the visual display.

Your feedback is always appreciated. And keep up the GREAT work here. You're one of my favorite sifters. (And I don't always say that to butter up someone. If I did I'd keep this communique private, which I didn't.) Cheers!

Tags for this video have been changed from 'octapult, kinetic, sculpture, design' to 'octapult, kinetic, sculpture, design, litwin' - edited by plastiquemonkey