Theo Jansen: The art of creating creatures
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http://www.ted.com Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers a... Read more
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- -: Theo Jansen: The art of creating creatures
September 6, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TE...
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- -: Einstein the Parrot: Talking and squawking
August 29, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 -- presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White -- simply tickles. Watch for Einstein's moment with Al Gore. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, wher...
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- -: VS Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilization
January 4, 2010 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons. Only recently discovered, these neurons allow us to learn complex social behaviors, some of which formed the foundations of human civilization as we know it. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: A robot that flies like a bird
July 23, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Plenty of robots can fly -- but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011. TEDTalks is a daily...
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