Theo Jansens website is a must see, he makes an amazing array of mechanical, insect like beach sculptures that move n the wind.<p /><p />The result is wonderful.

There are plenty of mechanical insects around, but the mondo spider is particularly impressive because of its size. A video of it in action, after the link.

The bionic dolphin is a personal submersible. It has been seen on many blogs, which usually show it dramatically bursting through the surface of the water. like a real dolphin.<p /><p />The photo reveals it to be a bit more pedestrian. Nonetheless, its very impressive.

The mechanical shark in Jaws, brought sharks to humans. Fabien Cousteau, the son of aqualung inventor, Jacques built a $100,000 mechanical shark so that he could climb inside and get closer to Great Whites.

A bit strange, is why you would make a rideable mechanical tiger, and not, for example, a horse.<p />

Available from the Kinetica: Online Art Store in London for $3500

The mouse enclosure tracks the animals behavior and scares cats away.

Master technical illustrator George Ladas, created this extremely detailed image of a mechanically driven horse.<p /><p />&quot;Anatomical studies were analyzed and robotic servers designed to replicate original body parts and appear realistically functional.&quot;

The shape of submarines has clearly been influenced by early version which were sometimes whale shaped.<p /><p />Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Intelligent Whale submarine, which is an exhibit at the Militia Museum in New Jersey.

This beautiful, tiny mechanical bird would rotate, flap its wings and sing. There is a sound file of its singing after the link.

At the center of the original circular city of Baghdad, was a palace garden with trees with silver mechanical singing birds. Nowhere was the art of mechanical devices better practiced than in the Islamic world .<p /><p />This amazing 25 ft reproduction of master automaton maker, Al Jazari was the first automaton clock.