Thursday, September 04, 2008
Giant robot spider ominously eyes Liverpool
Boing Boing Gadgets: "A 30-foot tall, 37-ton robotic spider is arachnously clinging to the side of a Liverpudian office building. A 30-foot tall, 37-ton robotic spider is arachnously clinging to the side of a Liverpudian office building."
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Lets make one! but seriously I think this is an interesting sort of publicity stunt for the special effects industry. The article said that they were taking it to a new concert venue I wonder about some of the details about the nature of this production, it it purely a special effects show? or is there some other act that will accompany the giant spider show off what they can do?
This company really went a far way to show off some spiecal effects. Instead of just showing off some effects at a concert venue they make a whole show of it. I think that this will bring in the people of Liverpool to be more interested in what is going on. Not to mention that instead of just using the taxpayers money they made a piece of art that the people that be proud of.
That's a whole lot of money and awesome engineering for the sake of art, and it sounds amazing. A public display like this one is great because it brings the show to the people requiring no effort on their part which is exactly how a public showing should be. I can only imagine what it does to disrupt traffic, so it's probably a good thing that it moves from place to place.
Although I'm usually in favor of public art, this does seem like a little much. And as Kevin said, imagine the traffic jams!
Wow. That thing is huge and freaky. At least it isn't hairy. I would really like to see this thing, I bet it was really cool to work on too. I wish the article was longer and talked about the materials they used, and maybe what they hope to eventually use the spider for.
Like the other commenters, I can't imagine the amount of money and effort that went into this demonstration. That said, this is freakishly amazing. I would have loved to see it in person. The entire thing strikes me as being almost out of a Doctor Who episode - I wonder if the UK has a more kind artistic outlook on science fiction than the US?
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