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Wind Powered Walking Machines

Posted by michael on from the strandbeest dept.

MyDixieWrecked writes "PopularScience has an interesting article about some wind powered machines. The creator is working on a new design that will be able to store the power from the wind to keep up momentum even after the wind stops." The creator's website has some more pictures and video.

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  1. Beautiful by kliment · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I kinda like these. Geek art at its best

  2. Tumbleweeds? by twoslice · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He took a lesson from Mother Nature. Is it just me? or do those look like big tumbleweeds? 'Cause I've seen tumble weeds roll along quite nicely even after the wind stopped.

    One time my girlfriend reeeaally freaked when she saw a tumbleweed rolling right towards us while she was driving. She never saw one before and thought it was going to total the car! Scared the dickens out of me too 'cause I thought she was going to drive us into the ditch just to avoid the thing.

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  3. These are machines. by The+Terrorists · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Machines are works of art. :)

    Seriously folks, these could be useful; self-threshing grain for instance, or self-planting seeds? Just drag out wind powered self guiding farm tools some day.

    They don't need to be made of bamboo. They can be made of light metal and have computers in them.

    Wind power is about lots mpre than windmills.