Papercraft Theo Jansen

This is a paper craft which is inspired by Theo Jansen.
This is made with only paper and banboo rod(crank shaft), no other materials.
It can walk passively(don't need motor or active actuator) same as real Theo Jansen's creature. LINK: Youtube

Videos Of Man (and Creature) Fused With Machines

Wired has put together a list of the top ten cyborg videos. But not everything is about fusing man with machine.





As you can see in the sample videos above, sometimes we choose to make bionic monkeys and insects. Truly, it's the weirdest of the weird sciences. Check out Wired for the complete list. [Wired], Via: Gizmodo, Via: Youtube--Video 1, Video 2, Video 3

Bloodybelly Comb Jelly

A creature with a musical name presents a spectacular light show to the cameras of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s remotely operated vehicle. This ctenophore seems to be exhibiting bioluminescence, but what the “lights” actually represent is reflection or refraction of the photoflood lights from rhythmically beating cilia. The deep red color is a survival adaptation, helping to mask the bioluminescence of creatures it ingests, so that it does not itself become visible to other predators.

It has been suggested that comb jellies such as the ctenophores are ancestors of all life on earth.

YouTube link, Via: The Daily Dish, Via: Nerdcore, Via: Neatoramav

The Christmas siphonophore pays a visit

From Pink Tentacle, this video of "a bioluminescent deep-sea siphonophore — an eerily fantastic creature that appears to be a single, large organism, but which is actually a colony of numerous individual jellyfish-like animals that behave and function together as a single entity." LINK, Via: Youtube

"The Art of Creating Creatures"

Dutch artist Theo Jansen’s amazing kinetic sculptures. It’s a truly fantastic clip of Theo Jansen showing his creations at the 2007 TED conference. He even told us the secret in making the sculptures walk (it’s in the tubes!) and think (with a rudimentary binary counter). Not to be missed: Link (Flash Video)