Recycled Robo-Elephant

I’ve seen some pretty awesome things made of reclaimed materials – The Minister’s Treehouse, for example – but this one takes the cake for now:

It’s a 12-meter-high mechanical elephant, made of 45 tons of reclaimed wood and steel. It can carry almost 50 passengers at a time. There’s more pictures (and the original article) over at Inhabitat.

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8 Responses to “Recycled Robo-Elephant”

  1. MLKabik, on July 27th, 2010 at 1:17 am Said:

    I’m almost certain that I will have a dream about this tonight, what I’m unsure about is whether it will be a nightmare or not.

    Either way, I can’t imagine the engineering that went into this tremendous pachyderm.

  2. Dr Cayne Armand, on July 27th, 2010 at 4:38 am Said:

    Zounds! Quite the site, this vaporous pachyderm!

  3. Carolyn Dougherty, on July 27th, 2010 at 6:47 am Said:

    I made a special trip to London to see it walking through the streets when it was there a few years ago, and it was worth every penny of the £70 ticket.

  4. Carolyn Dougherty, on July 27th, 2010 at 4:26 pm Said:

    Here’s the post I wrote in the forum about it–it’s got some Youtube links.

    http://steampunkmagazine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1178&p=8488#p8488

  5. Carolyn Dougherty, on July 27th, 2010 at 4:30 pm Said:

    I may have to go arrange for a ride now….

  6. Katie, on July 29th, 2010 at 2:03 am Said:

    Oh, goodness, riding it would be so fun! You must post pictures or video or something if you do!

  7. Julien Harrison, on August 3rd, 2010 at 9:45 pm Said:

    Alright y’all, the race is on to see who can build the next steam-powered behemoth. I’ve got some really bad…I mean good ideas. 🙂

  8. Silma Thoron, on August 29th, 2010 at 9:39 pm Said:

    I know it ! It was built in France, in Nantes. As I live 70 km away from this city I’ve seen it a few times. It’s a whole big steampunk project : Les machines de l’ïle [http://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/] . They manage 3 or 4 projects like this elephant, or creating an enormous carousel, with many wood and iron creatures inspired from sea. Take a look, it’s really interesting !

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