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Title: Theo Jansen: The art of creating creatures
Added: Sep 6, 2007
Author: TEDtalksDirector
Duration: 10:11
Description:
http://www.ted.com Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate.Follow us on Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/tednewsCheckout our Facebook page for TED exclusiveshttps://www.facebook.com/TED
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Youtube Comments: 1044
drewestification Says:
Mar 27, 2012 - because hes making life man, hes evolving and breeding them himself, life is a beautiful thing. hes playing god in his own little world
tuschman168 Says:
Mar 27, 2012 - It can't. He's being poetic. He's an artist first after all.
joelet123 Says:
Mar 29, 2012 - absolute mechanical wonder
WizzyBangz Says:
Apr 16, 2012 - What is your definition of 'life'? We are organic machines with the primary goal to survive. He's making Plastic machines with the primary goal to survive without his help.
TeacherFlash Says:
Apr 16, 2012 - growth, cell based, metabolism and reproduction...very simple characteristics why we dont consider viruses as living beings.Same goes for this machine
WizzyBangz Says:
Apr 16, 2012 - Well to go back on your first comment, Viruses can survive and they by definition are not alive, right?
TeacherFlash Says:
Apr 16, 2012 - yes have looked up the definition of "survive" and it means "1. To remain alive or in existence."so i was wrong, yes... dead part of nature can also survive but that again that does not make it alive.
WizzyBangz Says:
Apr 16, 2012 - ok :)
aboody006 Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - viruses are alive
WizzyBangz Says:
Apr 20, 2012 - I would agree but read the full discussion please.
squiggyklane Says:
May 6, 2012 - because if it's possible for us to create sentience (other than fuckin each other) then he'll likely be a very necessary rung in the ladder that lands us there. but let's keep on fuckin and suckin, amirite?
squiggyklane Says:
May 6, 2012 - yes, idiot
squiggyklane Says:
May 6, 2012 - then again, we really can't KNOW that our computers aren't alive
alvince1 Says:
May 7, 2012 - By definition these actually are alive
orenab1 Says:
May 7, 2012 - By WHAT definition are these alive?
orenab1 Says:
May 7, 2012 - I'm not getting into that.. ;-)
MrPizzapoika Says:
May 9, 2012 - That would depend on your personal definition of the word.
Chiefster11177 Says:
May 10, 2012 - We can pretend it is..
czybabe2393 Says:
May 14, 2012 - And how may I ask, that it's an insult to call him an artist?
walkerda5nine Says:
May 18, 2012 - Banned TED Talk /watch?v=N1b_Q1lprAk
rngwrldngnr Says:
May 22, 2012 - Define alive.
rngwrldngnr Says:
May 22, 2012 - I see this was not a particularly original comment. Carry on.
ynnebbenny Says:
May 27, 2012 - By the definition of :figurative" and poetic license. Not only this a jelly fish just survives for its own sake, having no greater purpose, and we call it alive. So I guess these are alive from a few points of view.
36554024 Says:
Mar 7, 2012 - this man!!! i want be this man!