Thursday, October 4, 2007
TED Talk
The art of creating creatures is about Theo Jansen from Holland, who constructed lifelike kinetic sculptures out of plastic tubing and lemonade bottles. These creatures are able to survive on their own with little help from Theo. In the years to come however the creatures should be able to survive entirely on their own. As of now they are able to walk on their own, store energy, transport 3.2 tons, change their direction when reaching unsafe grounds, such as bodies of water and protect themselves when it storms. When the speech first started out I didn't think that the clump of tubes to the left of the speaker was much. As the video ran on I was suprised and became really into his project. It wouldn't expect something so simple looking and made out of simple objects to have a mind of its own and function the way that it can.
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It's rather interesting how lifelike they do appear. I agree that they are amazing in that they pretty much survive on their own. I'm not sure if he has ever thought that they might encounter other problems than just water and wind. What if an object or perhaps wildlife were to break it? They really don't have any sort of brain either since they are unable to really "learn". Still none the less it is a step in the direction of creating a self sufficient being. How long do you think it will be before we start seeing actual creations completely surviving on there own?
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