{"id":4440,"date":"2016-08-04T03:40:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T03:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2023-07-13T07:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T07:55:31","slug":"mini-strandbeest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/technology\/mini-strandbeest\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Strandbeest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/28649436442\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/9\/8660\/28649436442_3c8b1d3026.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Strandbeest\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I received an unexpected gift at work today; a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratoriumstore.com\/collections\/strandbeest-exhibition\/products\/animaris-ordis-parvus-mini-strandbeest-kit?variant=17040227972\">Mini Strandbeest kit.<\/a> Like a wildly complex Ikea furniture set, there&#8217;s dozens of parts to stick together, but it doesn&#8217;t take terribly long if you follow the directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;ve been stuck under a rock for the past few decades and are unfamiliar with Strandbeests, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theo_Jansen\">Wikipedia page on the artist who created them.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This particular tiny Strandbeest is powered by wind, with a small windmill and two reduction gears. Like its peers you can also just push it along with your hands, but it&#8217;s far more entertaining to blow on the windmill and watch it spring into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to see it walk? I placed it on the floor and pointed a fan at it. Here&#8217;s a short video of the result, complete with silly music to complete the effect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mini Strandbeest\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e7MmuxANkcY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received an unexpected gift at work today; a Mini Strandbeest kit. Like a wildly complex Ikea furniture set, there&#8217;s dozens of parts to stick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Mini Strandbeest - MrEricSir.com","description":"I received an unexpected gift at work today; a Mini Strandbeest kit. Like a wildly complex Ikea furniture set, there's dozens of parts to stick together, but it"},"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[38,1152,322],"class_list":["post-4440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-photos","tag-strandbeest","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4440"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9983,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions\/9983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}