Sheep + LEDs = Mona Lisa, Fireworks, et alia

Who knew? You take a bunch of sheep, put LEDs on them, choreograph via sheepdogs: you can paint! I'm not fully convinced they're playing straight all the way through, but this is good entertainment regardless.

HT: My sister the sheepherder.

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Sheep, huh? I'd like to see an edgier version. Like putting LEDs on traders on the floor of NYSE. Who would chase them around? Or how about LEDs that signal when the traders are behaving LIKE SHEEP. I'd pay to see that one!

So androids do dream of electric sheep.

By Trin Tragula (not verified) on 19 Mar 2009 #permalink