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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

I'm sure Franz Kafka would be "relieved" to know that his words live on in the bladders of animatronic sculptures.


From Boing Boing.

The statues in this Czech animatronic sculpture realistically urinate on the trough before them, moving their hips and organs in concert. Their "pee" spells out quotes from famous Prague residents.

While they are relieveing themselves, the two figures move realistically. An electric mechanism driven by a couple of microprocessors swivels the upper part of the body, while the penis goes up and down. The stream of water writes quotes from famous Prague residents.

Visitor can interupt them by sending SMS message from a cell phone to a number displayed next to the sculptures. The statues then 'write' the text of the message, before carrying on as before.

For details and video, try this link.

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