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Wind Powered Walking Machines

Posted by michael on Saturday December 7, 2002 @12:03AM 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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first? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-07 00:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

yea
fp by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-07 00:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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fp by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-07 00:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

first post! Calpoly San Luis Obispo!!!! Go Mustangs!
ffp by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-07 00:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

fourth first post !
yea bitchez !
slashbots by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-07 00:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic

would prefer a grit powered buttsex machine.
Re:Mars probe? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-12-07 07:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The wind on Mars isn't like the wind on Earth..
That's not a problem. Other researcher a working on a variant that is powered on its own wind. Quite an interesting concept, if you ask me, and it solves quite nicely the problem of the differing athmospheric conditions on Mars.