A new Strandbeest creation by kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen – a solar powered walking machine that drags an undulating caterpillar-like frame along behind it.
Full screen to appreciate the beauty of the thing.
Tag Archives: Mechanical
A 2014 graduation movie from SUPINFOCOM (France) directed by Valentin Watrigant, François Guery, Elsa Lamy, Aurelien Fernandez, and Louis Ventre.
Paperbot
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Paper Biped Robot (PR-Ⅴ) – a tiny mechanical bot made entirely from paper (no wooden supports or rubber bands) that walks but lacks the capability to kill all humans.
Mark ‘Andertoons’ Anderton’s blocktastic mech-suited Santa.
God help you if you’ve been naughty.
Or nice, for that matter.
Mekkanika – an experimental typeface by Italian designer Ricardo Sabatini based on the Din Alternate Black font. Sabatini used components of hundreds of scanned mechanical technical drawings to create each intricate letterform.
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Mr Cranky
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Bradley N. Litwin – because that’s the name you need for this kind of obsessively detailed craftsmanship – sells amazing miniature, cardboard, hand-cranked kinetic sculptures. They sell for about $35, he’ll post one to Ireland and you can see them in operation here.