Sep
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![dailymeh:
Awesome. Theo Jansen has a great concept:
Since 1990 I have been occupied creating new forms of life.
Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don’t have to eat.
Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.
Awkward segue warning: on the science side of things, we’re making some serious progress in creating new forms of life, too:
… In other words, there’s a growing free database of ‘biological parts’ (tastes, smells, reactions, proteins) that you can piece together to ‘re-program’ existing biological systems (typically bacteria); for example, here’s a part for a Banana odour generator… [code omitted]
Exciting times, no? (photo via)](http://1.media.tumblr.com/LlvkUGmHXn4btjxtceWEnrfro1_400.jpg)
Awesome. Theo Jansen has a great concept:
Since 1990 I have been occupied creating new forms of life.
Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don’t have to eat.
Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.
Awkward segue warning: on the science side of things, we’re making some serious progress in creating new forms of life, too:
… In other words, there’s a growing free database of ‘biological parts’ (tastes, smells, reactions, proteins) that you can piece together to ‘re-program’ existing biological systems (typically bacteria); for example, here’s a part for a Banana odour generator… [code omitted]Exciting times, no? (photo via)
