Thursday, August 15, 2013

Wind Powered Art

I just ran across this article and video about Theo Jansen.  It is well worth a moment to watch.

Beautiful art can inspire a person to see life in a totally new way. Theo Jansen is the Dutch creator of what he calls "Kinetic Sculptures," where nature and technology meet. Essentially these sculptures are robots powered only by the wind. Amazingly, these machines are made completely of recycled items. The 'stomach' of the sculpture is made with retired plastic bottles that capture the air pumped by the wind. To harness the wind, Jansen employs bicycle pumps, plastic tubing and rubber rings! Witness beauty through ingenuity :) - See more at: http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1488#sthash.pMAsLnh6.dpuf

Obviously, it's a day for distractions for me...


Wind Powered Art

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