[ELECTRON] strandbeest

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 09:40 +0000, makerfair wrote:
> I saw these guys a couple of years ago in Trafalgar square. All driven
> off air compressed by sun heat, in drinks bottles. Absolutely no
> electronics in this amazing engineering from the Netherlands: see it
> anywhere you can get to:
>  
> BEACH ANIMAL IN ACTION 
> If you happen to be in the neighbourhood, please come to
> StrandPaviljoen De Fuut on the beach in The Hague. Theo Jansen, who is
> able to create life from plastic tubes, will be holding a try-out of
> his latest creation, Animaris Umerus (with water feeler) daily until
> 24 June 2009. If Shrewsbury (UK) or Seoul are closer for you, you will
> soon be able see the beach animals there too. Check
> www.strandbeest.com.
> 

It's worth noting that you'll need to copy and paste that web address,
because for some reason it tries to redirect through Strathclyde Uni's
Outlook Web Access server.

Gordon