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[*] posted on 2-12-2012 at 10:12 PM
Wind Powered Beasts


Anyone else see this on CBS Sunday Morning?

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50136241n



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[*] posted on 2-12-2012 at 11:08 PM


Watched a couple videos on them on youtube a couple years ago. Never really appreciated the complexity of them till watching that segment. Great find!:thumbup:



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[*] posted on 3-12-2012 at 04:10 PM


Thanks for that link- I could only imagine the amount of hours went into those! Love how they are wind powered!:thumbup:



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[*] posted on 3-12-2012 at 05:22 PM


I've made some of those out of knex before. They weren't wind powered though.



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[*] posted on 3-12-2012 at 07:56 PM


Great video, very inspiring. Thanks for sharing that with us, does any one know if he has taken these to burning man or was that some else?



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[*] posted on 4-12-2012 at 05:58 PM


My undergrad deg. Is in fine arts with a concentration in sculpture, and from a family of artsy people,... These creations are truly awesome,... I thought this vid was REALLY awesome.

I've shared it with a bunch of folks.



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[*] posted on 25-12-2012 at 07:49 AM


FYI when I went to the art museum earlier this month they had working models/ kits of a couple of these, could not quite bring myself to drop the c. $100 on it. May go back.



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