StrandBeest Leg

Simon Gregg laid down the challenge to make a strandbeest leg. Strandbeests are movable sculptures by Theo Jansen - find out more from [url]http://www.strandbeest.com/[/url] or [url]http://www.ted.com/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures[/url] It's quite fun to play with the constants to change the leg. Small changes can make huge differences. Even though Theo's isn't, I wanted C, D', F, E to be a rhombus, but finally added te nudge for F because it really changes the walk. Here's a beest by the inventor of GeoGebra, Markus Hohenwarter: [url]https://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/17499[/url] Simon's is a proper Theo Jansen design: [url]http://tube.geogebra.org/material/show/id/754985[/url] Hope you have some fun playing!

 

John Golden

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
jansen  linkage  strandbeest 
Target Group (Age)
10 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
 
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