Walking Beest Design

I want to build a solar-powered robot based on the Theo Jansen walking "strandbeest" design (if you haven't seen this it's amazing!)

I made this out of cardboard to understand how the mechanism works. This is one half of a leg pair, and a walking creature needs 3 leg pairs or more (and runs off a basic drive axle at the top).

(Someone made a hamster-powered version.)

Hotrod Cat by Tim Carroll

Animation Station - Screen Tests

A bunch of friends young and old came over and helped me test out ideas for my Animation Station at the Austin Mini Maker Faire on Sunday. (If you're in town, come on down!)

***CLICK ANY IMAGE TO VIEW ALL IN SLIDESHOW MODE

 Frog and Fly - Tim Carroll
 

 Shredding Man - Colin
 

Flying People - by the Flying People
 

 Astrid - by Astrid


 Dragon - Gage
 

 Bananagrams 1 - Tim Z.
 

 Bananagrams 2 - Tim Z.
 

Let's Look at Some Data - Colin

Mule and Balloon - Melissa

 Brunch - by the Brunch Crew





 Face - Tim C.?

Chicken Man - Tim Z.

 How Computers Work - Harry

Neurons Firing - Harry

Rocket

Tears - Harry

Missile - Harry & Orion

 Boy and Gun - Orion

How to Start a Blog

1. Set up a blog. Don't worry about the design, just start posting. Get used to the feeling. (Blogger is good for this because it's so easy to set up -- http://www.blogger.com

2. Play with it for a week. It's OK to post a lot -- just make sure it never feels like a chore. Also feel free to stray from your topic - most blogs are about 70% on-topic. Try to provoke your friends to post comments (if you can provoke them to participate, chances are others will participate)

Also, spend a little time surfing a couple of the other similar blogs - maybe pick 5 or 10 and read them every day. When you feel so compelled, leave some comments with your URL. Participate in their conversations and they will reciprocate. If you can get them to notice your blog, it will help to build your streetcred a little.

3. You haven't played with it for a week yet have you? Well go do it!