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Re: [OM] StrandMoose--on topic

Subject: Re: [OM] StrandMoose--on topic
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 06:08:24 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Cc: usher99@xxxxxxx
     That is a very clever and entertaining use of stop-motion animation.  Ray 
Harryhausen would probably appreciate that.

>
>During a Moose and Carol visit this Fall we had a chance to see the 
>Strandbeests at Peabody Essex Museum, but just missed them during an outing on 
>Crane beach.  In Dutch, I believe the name means beach critters.  
>They have "sensory organs" and with simple but elegant engineering move away 
>from deep sand or water---valve is flipped if a tube is immersed in water.  
>Energy is provided by sails or compressed air.  The undulating mechanisms 
>recharge the supply of compressed air. 
>
>http://pem.org/sites/strandbeest/about_strandbeest/
>
>http://www.strandbeest.com/
>
>The Strandbeest that are no longer viable are called "fossils" by the creator, 
>Theo Jansen.  They can be reanimated   by those with special powers to form a  
>hybrid symbiotic creature.  A highly esteemed list personage has such powers  
>as depicted in the short video below.  This is on topic as the image of the 
>StrandMoose surveying the beach of its origin was taken with OM gear. (OM4T, 
>100 Ektar)
>
>http://www.olyendomike.com/Friends/Moose-2015/i-STmDpk9/A
>


Chris

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