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Hamster Powered Strandbeest Walker
I'm sure many of you are familiar with Theo Jansen's walkers. If you aren't, watch his TED talk.

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Apparently, there is a kit for a plastic replica, and someone on the internet hooked one up to hamster wheel. It's very neat.

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