For 34 years, Dutch inventor Theo Jansen has refined a wind-powered walking machine known as the Strandbeest. Using a computer simulation in 1990, he evolved 13 precise proportions that produce a ...

Theo Jansen wants to make "life" and he figures the best way to do it is to start from scratch. A self-styled god, Jansen is evolving an entirely new line of animals: immense multi-legged walking ...