Theo Jansen- Kinetic Sculpture

Imagine that in your front yard! The neighborhood children would be terrified. As well as the Home Association. 

Theo Jansen is a Kinetic Sculptor link leads to his site, Strandbeest. He creates "animals" that are powered by wind.

 You can see his TED talk here. In his talk, he discussed the "brain of the animal", which is binary. "It is sort of the imagination of the simple world of the beach animal".