Watson is an engineering marvel made possible by a Big Science set-up -- a big team of bright folks, over $30 million, IBM. As amazing as it really is, I think it also enhances our appreciation of what one man can achieve by pursuing his passion -- watch these beauties:
If that embed didn't work, here's the YouTube link. You get a lot more when you search for Theo Jansen, the man behind these kinetic sculptures.
Hat tip: Tony Comstock guest-blogging at James Fallows' site.
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Sir, nice to see this here. I'm trying to put Jansen's mechanism to use in an electrically powered quadruped in my research here at IISc.
@Lalit: Thanks for your note. I would love to see your quadruped. Do post a note on your blog when it's ready for action.
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