For whatever reason the city [Jenslabs] lives in decided it was a good use of taxpayer money to make some giant twig chickens and put them on the boulevard in front of his house. So he decided to spruce them up a bit with some electronics.
We’re still unsure why they did this, but [Jens] recognized them for what they truly are. T-1000C — the chicken edition. Giant robot chickens sent from the future to keep an eye on [Jens] to make sure he doesn’t stop ChickenNet. Naturally they needed glowing red eyes.
Fully expecting all his hard work to be thrown out eventually, [Jens] built the upgrades out of cheap components. A few LEDs, some transistors, resistors and a LDR (light dependent resistor). That way the eyes only glow at night. And to waterproof it all, he wrapped it in good ‘ol duct tape.
For more fun Easter hacks, why not add some LEDs to your decorated eggs?
Santa Fe? I’m just trying to guess what city would do this…
Okay, it looks like [Jenslabs] isn’t in the U.S.
On [Jenslabs] website is a DIY microscope he made by altering an “instructable” nice job!
guess we know know what came first.
Well at least he didn’t spend taxpayers hard earned Krona (I think he’s in Sveden) on these stupid chickens, he did it himself.
Considering the inane crap that California is spending taxpayer money on, I’d rather have the chickens.
You say boulder I say art.
lol
Lets pay homage to the most numerous vertebrate life form on earth. And the eggs from which they come.
That’s Kolmärden in Sweden (heja Sverige!); love the idea though… they really needed robo-eyes :) Next year Jens should add some PWM so the eyes can pulse at night for extra effect. HAD needs a new category “electronic graffiti”
They may get thrown out, but we all know that “zey’ll be bagawk!”
Do they not have discontent vandalous youth in Sweden, who see that as giant piles of kindling?
Sweden remember, you are lucky to burn things outside even if you remove the snow first.
A more European view would be to say that this is public art. It’s very American to speak of using taxpayer’s money.
This is an American web site, so using American expressions seems to me to be quite appropriate. Whether you call it “using taxpayers’ money” or “public art”, it’s still the same thing: a very stupid way of wasting someone else’s hard earned money.
If you’ve ever given anyone money to help with bills or rent, then come to find they blew the money on beer and strippers, that’s the equivalent of the American tax system. We help pay towards problems that need to be fixed, but they still don’t have enough to fix it, so they take our money and spend it on useless crap. Then next payday they are hard up for more money.
Oh – the Swedes do have a culture of vandalism / burning straw structures outside.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gävle_goat
much better now!
For cluck’s sake. Wattle the council do next?
listen…. any other time of the year chickens are ok… but this time of the year chickens don’t lay eggs. Rabbits lay eggs. Everyone know that!
Needs to make the Turkatron in his yard (he came back in time to his save the great, great, great, great grandfather of Goblox, the future leader of the turkey rebellion against the Master Chickens. ) Then it could be a memorial of the great fight. Turkeys Vs. chickens. So we wont have to make one latter.
http://aqua-teen-hunger-force.wikia.com/wiki/Turkatron