Comments on: Dali’s Ovocipede http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: monz http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-1046377 monz Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:50:50 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-1046377 imagine how nice it feels to move around with it! imagine how nice it feels to move around with it!

]]> By: Orv http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-968304 Orv Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:22:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-968304 Cool, a human-sized hamster ball. Cool, a human-sized hamster ball.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-967489 Stannous Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:14:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-967489 From a Dali page: Dalí once landed in New York dressed in a golden space suit, inside a transparent sphere. This was his famous invention, the 'Ovocipede’ (presented in Paris in 1959), which, according to Dalí, was a new means of locomotion based on “the fantasies provoked by the intra-uterine paradises.” I'm guessing he fantasized about Ben-Wa balls... From a Dali page:
Dalí once landed in New York dressed in a golden space suit, inside a transparent sphere. This was his famous invention, the ‘Ovocipede’ (presented in Paris in 1959), which, according to Dalí, was a new means of locomotion based on “the fantasies provoked by the intra-uterine paradises.”

I’m guessing he fantasized about Ben-Wa balls…

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-966668 Rick Auricchio Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:34:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-966668 Naturally, it has to be transparent so the rider can see where to go. After rolling down paved streets for a while, it won't be transparent any more. Did anyone say "brakes?" Naturally, it has to be transparent so the rider can see where to go.

After rolling down paved streets for a while, it won’t be transparent any more.

Did anyone say “brakes?”

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-966666 Rick Auricchio Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:34:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-966666 Naturally, it has to be transparent so the rider can see where to go. After rolling down paved streets for a while, it won't be transparent any more. Naturally, it has to be transparent so the rider can see where to go.

After rolling down paved streets for a while, it won’t be transparent any more.

]]> By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-964518 nlpnt Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:13:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-964518 "The Simpsons" already did it. Well, maybe not *already*. “The Simpsons” already did it.

Well, maybe not *already*.

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