Comments on: Dali’s Ovocipede (Apr, 1960) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/comment-page-1/#comment-1079315 Firebrand38 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:27:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-1079315 Here is the man and his invention http://www.fanantique.com/Images/zoom/AP0169_1_salvador_dali_zoom.jpg Here is the man and his invention http://www.fanantique.com/Imag.....i_zoom.jpg

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/comment-page-1/#comment-1079309 Toronto Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:00:40 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-1079309 The more practical ones are, of course, giraffe powered. The more practical ones are, of course, giraffe powered.

]]> By: Ivan http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/comment-page-1/#comment-1064802 Ivan Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:02:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-1064802 Well, Dali was a surrealist. They didn't expect him to be serious about this? Or didn't they? :) Well, Dali was a surrealist. They didn’t expect him to be serious about this? Or didn’t they? :)

]]> By: monz http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/comment-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#comment-967489 Stannous Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:14:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/#comment-967489 From a Dali page: Dali 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 Dali, 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:
Dali 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 Dali, 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-page-1/#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: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/27/dalis-ovocipede/comment-page-1/#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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