Walking Wheelchair
Wheelchair made using Theo Jansens Strandbeest as an inspiration.
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I like this for a lot of reasons
1. Theo Jansen's art is simply awesome
2. Great example of someone taking a creation of art and engineering it into something useful
3. Very glad to see we're still putting out good young engineers in this country :)
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Sun 22 Jan 2012, 21:30,
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When we found electricity we did not know what to do with it
More of this type of thing!
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CysticSpazzGland has just puwked on your mum, Sun 22 Jan 2012, 21:50,
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I could watch that chair go for ages.
amazing isn't it. :D
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What an excellent idea...
I know quite a few wheelchair users, and I bet they would love this.
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Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Sun 22 Jan 2012, 22:26,
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Haha!
I didn't make that connection, oh the possibilities!
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Sun 22 Jan 2012, 23:34,
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So many shots of him going past stairs...
..and can that chair handle stairs? NO!
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Mon 23 Jan 2012, 2:01,
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I don't get it.
I'm sure he could fix the jerkiness, but what does it do that four wheels can't? Rough terrain was mentioned but wouldn't something akin to the snow shoes you can get for car tyres be more practical and cheaper to boot?
I do like the similarity to The Luggage, mind you, and all those little legs do give me a warm, fuzzy feeling of whimsy. But 200 moving parts? Yikes.
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jonbob loves you, Mon 23 Jan 2012, 3:10,
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It's appeal to me is that it uses that artists idea.
This is simpler and much more effective, I reckon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUt3QVcg84s&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUt3QVcg84s&feature=related
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Flash_Bastard, Mon 23 Jan 2012, 21:28,
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