Animaris Rhinoceros Transport: Not your typical day at the beach
posted Sep 28th 2004 2:22PM
We know this unhinged, genius Dutch artist created these At-At-Walker-looking creatues just so he could play
lion-master with his walking stick (argh, stay back unruly beasts!), but that's definitely the first thing we would do
if we encountered one of these creatures lumbering around the beach. The artist created these skeleton things, which he
named Animaris Rhinoceros Transport, out of a steel skeleton and polyester skin and since they're almost 5 meters tall
they actually move (must look at the videos) by wind power. The Animaris' weigh about 2 tons each and can carry
passengers, though the artist says that he's going to make living quarters in the beast since travel can only be
accomplished during strong winds. Right, good thinking, the artist also wants to set the beasts free on nearby beaches
so that they can "live their own lives". Alright so he's completely loopy, but in that brilliant "It's Alive!" kind of
way.
[Via Near Near Future]
I want one. Where can I get the plans?! The sound of that thing crawling along calls to my inner mech like a whale song calls to a young blue whale.
I bet if I built one right now I could probably walk all the way to Nevada in time for next year's burning man.
If you like this, be sure to check out the guy's website, there's lots more where that came from:
http://www.strandbeest.com
"Strandbeest" translates to "beach animal" or "beach beast".
Am I the only one who thinks these look like giant versions of the replicators from Stargate SG-1?
After having seen them walking in the video, they don't look like replicators. And I'll take two please. . .
All I can say is WOW, I need one of these!
This guy has gone completely mad!
suppose they add a big fan on the back of it? kinda like a hovercraft with legs? just how do you steer that thing, anyway?
like wow man, dig that wacky kooky artist guy
i'll bet he gets all the wacky kooky artist babes too.
Can't wait for these to be on woot
I think this guy is my new role model and I'm gonna follow the herd.
I went to the website but i get a Forbidden access error. anybody able to download the videos and mirror them elsewhere?
Videos don't work for me either. Forbidden.