The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically Advanced

Life evolves, however machines are invent­ed: this dichoto­my arduous­ly con­flicts with what most of us have realized about biol­o­gy and tech­nol­o­gy. However cer­tain spec­i­mens roam­ing round on the planet can blur that line — and within the curi­ous case of the Strand­beesten, they actual­ly are roam­ing round. First assem­bled in 1990 by the Dutch artist…