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Kinetic Sculptures

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<a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/top-5-amazing-k.html" source="Wired">Top 5 Amazing Kinetic Sculpture Videos</a> reported on a Theo Jansen, an amazing Dutch sculptor. However, some of their video links aren't working anymore, so here are some fresher ones below. <media src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y2KkGFuRLew" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2KkGFuRLew" source="YouTube" caption="Theo Jansen - Animaris Rhinoceros" align="left-column" class="frame"> This sculpture weighs two tons and is made of steel and cloth---but a strong wind can push it along, articulating its huge legs in elegant slow-motion. <clear><media href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7usX-f97Os" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y7usX-f97Os" source="YouTube" caption="Kinetic Horse Sculpture" align="left-column" class="frame"> This is a kinetic origami, powered by a central motor with a single offset axle moving its four legs. The carefully folded joints coupled with the single motor elicit a silky-smooth motion that's hard to believe. <clear><media href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcR7U2tuNoY" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WcR7U2tuNoY" source="YouTube" caption="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcR7U2tuNoY" align="left-column" class="frame"> The artist behind the best of these works is Theo Jansen---this is a commercial featuring another enormous work of his: a multipede that walks along a beach, again powered only by the wind.