This great post about a poor Chinese farmer who makes crazy-great robots reminded me of one of my all-time favorite inventor-artists: Theo Jansen. The video above is his TED presentation, which is fantastic. Unfortunately, the really exquisite little film about his work that used to be on the web appears to have been scrubbed. I think it must have been part of the 30-minute documentary, Strandbeesten, which I hope to get to see someday. You can get another glimpse of the pieces in motion here.