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If you are a bunch of sheep herders in Wales with way too much time on your hands, a grant from Samsung, and a bunch of battery packs, and you outfit a large herd of sheep with LEDs, and then send them out in a field to make pretty patterns like fireworks, pinwheels, and sort of a game of Pong or Pong Tennis, what do you need to make it happen?

Border collies.

The border collies didn't get credited! They did all the work!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw

Date: 19 Mar 2009 06:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiger-spot.livejournal.com
The border collies are incredible. I'm not even sure how to describe how the sheep are running clearly enough to tell them to do it in real time, and here the herders are explaining to their dogs -- by whistling -- exactly what they want to have happen and the dogs just make it so.

Also, whew, those sheep got some exercise. They were moving pretty fast there!

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