Video: Dutch Artist Turns His Dead Cat Into a Flying Quadcopter

This is just a bizarre use of an old family pet. :\

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Second, last week I informed POPSCI, that any video posted from their website, which originates from YouTube would not be seen by some of the military, as YouTube is being blocked..

I guess, they do not care or have not fixed the problem yet.

This could be useful if the military adopt this ability. I like to see drones, with pig skins flying about terrorist. ;)

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Having just lost a family pet to cancer, you can hopefully understand how distressed I am to see this pop up in my RSS feed reader. That "artist" is one sick son of a bitch.

NYAN CAT LIVES!

Playing Devil's Advocate since 1978

"The only constant in the universe is change"
-Heraclitus of Ephesus 535 BC - 475 BC

Now that's a KITTYHAWK...

Yeah, sorry to be a downer but I'm with DefradgDoll. This just makes me feel sad. :-(

I agree with you. Only a sick mind could concieve of doing that to an animal you supposedly loved

Austin Powers was right,...the Dutch are Evil!!

As the rat from the previous article was taught to walk upright and upstairs, he hears an announcement over the speaker system, “Welcome to feline airlines, we hope you enjoy your flight. The weather ahead looks purrrfect. Please enjoy your flight and the in flight menu, will be YOU!"

FYI:

www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-05/after-robot-assisted-rehab-and-dose-chemicals-paralyzed-rats-can-walk-again

That guy doesn't deserve to have pets

Neither science nor popular... this article ought not have been published and should be removed immediately... unless you'd like to expand it and discuss the mental health of the... "inventor"... ?

that loud squeaking you hear in the video. ya that's the cat screaming for help

Batman, beware!!!!!

What would posses you to believe that this is remotely interesting or moral. I strongly recommend popsci relinquish this columnist and rethink its objectives. NOT IMPRESSED!!!

Well bobbyg its popular because those Quad-copters are very popular right now. They're showing up all over the place and in all sorts of new ways. Its also innovative (ie. scientific) because, as far as anyone knows, this has never been done.

I feel like the people who are upset about this are of the cat/animal lover persuasion. I realize some animals have been deemed "pets" so they're expected to be treated like tiny humans. But, when it comes down to it all he did was coat his quad-copter in cat leather. Its no different than cow leather seats or pig skin on footballs. Its an animal, it was dead, the skin was re-purposed. It just happens to have a cute face.

This guy obviously does not have a girlfriend and has no intention of getting a girl friend in the future.

Can you just believe the response from the potential girl friend he invites over for dinner and says, " Hey, I like to show you something, I made"!

That pussy is going to fly right out the door, lol.

This is just WRONG.

Really REALLY WRONG.

Shame on him and shame on PopSci. Makes me sick to my stomach.

Lets not get overly dramatic. This is weird but not unlike someone sticking a deer head on the wall or using a bear skin for a rug or wearing a mink fur coat or leather jacket and in reality should be less disturbing than eating animal of any kind. As a matter if fact in all of those cases I state above the animal was killed on purpose whereas this cat was killed in an accident.

Don't get me wrong, I eat as much meat as the next guy and I have both a dog and a cat as a pet. I wouldn't have any interest in stuffing either of my pets but in the end when they have passed on they are nothing more than a carcass.

...and to the first commenter who seems to be down on Pop Sci because he told them last week that the military blocks Youtube and they haven't jumped up and changed it....what were you expecting????

Youtube is the standard in video hosting for the web. What do you want Pop Sci to do?

There is a reason it is blocked for the military. Those in charge obviously do not want this type of video playing on their network. I work for the govt and it is blocked at my work as well. I watch YouTube videos at home.

PoPSi can create their own video server to support the videos of their articles. This is what I expect... ;)

Robot, I've been checking back on this article as the comments have grown and I've really like the morphing of your avatar from a cat headed robot to a full on robot cat. Well played sir.

I thought the Canadian Cannibal pornstar was F'd up. Dude!

Old technology but in miniature.
Explain to me why this is considered art.

This is not the same as mounting heads or re purposing the remains of an animal. Yes it was a pet and we give them human qualities. Would you do this to your family when they pass on?

Clearly the artist road the short bus to school.

Think of what this new fuselage will look like after a few bad landings.

poor cat. im a cat person and i feel offended watching this. what next? flying dogs?

"religion is like a prison for the seekers of wisdom"

-Killah Priest

Flyboy83,
That very thought came to me too, lol. I have observe many a hobbyist flying there remote planes and an occasional bad landing happens all the time. I like to see this craft a month from now with a bang up kitty face, mush nose, bent ears. The icky factor would rise on UP! I do not believe that would be the kind of image PoPSCi would like display, ROFL...

JediMindset,
This is just for you... ha ha... snort...lol

Robot,

Agreed, soon this cat will end up looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger in T2. Hobby glue and scotch tape only goes so far.

I prefer Outer Space Annunaki doggies!

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LOL!!!

Alot of you are overreactng to this,meaning the first 10ish comments. I laughed when i saw the picture and personally think this is interesting. Its neat to see people taking a simple quadracopter and putting a spin on it (ha!). While slightly morbid, this is better in comparison to walking down the meat isle in Costco. But the people who hate that are just..... a scourge on humanity.

Great video and funny as heck!

@rjinx no, this is not at all the same as mounting a deer's head on the wall.

This is literally playing with a dead animal. No respect for the poor creature.

At least he is still getting enjoyment from his pet.

Everybody mourns the loss of a loved one in their own way.

This isn't a science article,it's an art piece,and obviously got under the skin of the PETA nut-jobs..

im seriously creeped out by this...i bury my dead pets, i dont desire to fly them around as f'd toys that would make any animal lover hurl...

This is just sick... don't ever post something like this again PopSci.

Why is everyone such pansies these days. Seriously it's not that bad and it's a unique way for the cat to live on, and if I'm not mistaken a quad copter is a gadget and therefore belongs on popsci. Not to mention I laughed so hard thinking what someone's face would look like if you flew the cat eye to eye with them.

This a copy of a letter to the editor regarding the sickest piece of shameless sensationalism to sell magazines I've ever seen. I used to respect this publication. This man and this article are just plain twisted and cruel.
Further,I encourage any sponsers of advertising review their commitments and contracts with this so-called "scientific" publication.

To: letters@popsci.com
Re: Offensive Article Retraction-"Dutch Artist Turns Dead Cat into Flying Helicopter."

Dear Editor,

Your video and article posted 6/4/2012, by Paul Adams, "Dutch Artist Turns Dead Cat into Flying
Helicopter," is the most offensive, disgusting and vile piece of trash I have ever seen.

Bart Jansen and your publication should be brought up on charges ranging from crimes against human decency, to cruelty to animals, to defiling the dead, and any other crime against decency that applies.

This man is no artist, and his vile actions and your printing of it have nothing to do with the benefits of science and technology, but rather sick, sensationalism to make a buck at the expense, humiliation and defiling of what was once a living creature.

At the very least I demand this article and video be removed,and an apology to the public be printed. I further strongly recommend this man be brought up on charges which may include the above, and should also include an evaluation of psychiatric capacity.

You should be ashamed for printing such cruel, sick material in what claims to be a scientific publication.

I will be sending copies of this letter to the related authorities and posting it, as you have your video, for worldwide scrutiny.

Cindy Milas

This takes creepy to a whole new altitude!

I thought the article was going to be interesting, but it doesn't hold a candle to the comments.

All you hand wringers over what he's done with his dead animal... I hope you expend a portion of your power to help living ones. How many of you are vegetarians? Advocating for the demise of feedlots and industrial farming...
Sending money to Somalia's dying children?

get a grip lady. it's not as if he's flying an aborted fetus!

Booo hoo my week is ruined because someone made a TOTALLY HILARIOUS AND AWESOME piece of art by marrying the age old skills of taxidermy with modern technology.

Really guys? Its a cat. If you love owning one, you will own several within your lifetime. Get over it.

People have been stuffing dead animals for a long time. Get over it.

Popsci: Great post. Please don't take the negative comments to heart and please post any articles you feel inspired to post.

Again, its just a cat.

LOL Looks like cmlouwho / Cindy Milas joined this site just to complain about this article.
This is a copy of my letter to her:

Dear Cindy

Your comment on the video and article posted 6/4/2012, by Paul Adams, "Dutch Artist Turns Dead Cat into Flying
Helicopter," is the most offensive, disgusting and vile piece of trash I have ever seen.

You should be brought up on charges ranging from crimes against freedom of expression, to cruelty to freedom of speech, to defiling this article, and any other crime against over-reaction that applies.

At the very least I demand that you educate yourself on what actually goes on in the real world and that your comment be removed,and an apology to the public be printed (and that you educate yourself on run on sentences). I further strongly recommend that you too be brought up on imaginary charges which may include the above, and should also most certainly include an evaluation of psychiatric capacity.

You should be ashamed for posting such a cruel, sick comment in what is in fact a humorous and quirky post on a science themed publication.

I will NOT be sending copies of this letter to the related authorities as they will care about equally as much to mine as to yours. And yes, everything that is posted on the internet is subject to global scrutiny.

;)

If this is "the most offensive, disgusting and vile piece of trash I have ever seen," then cmlouwho hasn't spent much time on the Internet.

Criminal charges? Really? Quit trolling.

Watching this video, this person and other person’s comments is an interesting social event.

I have 3 dogs and they are family to me. All my life, I have thought of past pets as a family member. To turn a pet, a family member into a toy\display object is just odd and disrespectful of the joy the pet gives to the owner.

Oddly enough, depending what actually is going on in the mind and heart of the man, Bart Jansen may have like and cared for his cat very much.

It just goes to show you, how one family across the street can be so different that another family and one culture can be so completely different than another culture.

As much as I find this action a grossly event, I still find no actual harm came from this and so tolerance still be shown as bizarre as I find it.

I mostly agree with Robot above. May I quote:

"It's not clear whether or not Orville always dreamed of being a flying cat, but let's assume that he did, and that this is the ultimate demonstration of Mr. Jansen's respect for his deceased pet."

I am apparently one of the few pet owners who is not repulsed by this, and I happen to really like my cat.

The assumption being made here is that Mr. Jansen could only have done this if he didn't care about or respect his cat. While I agree that this is not how most people would handle the death of a pet, I see no reason for upset (certainly not outrage). This is definitely not the first person to have a beloved pet stuffed and put on display. In one sense this is a way for Mr. Jansen to continue to interact with his pet, as a few comments have pointed out.

Let's not assume Mr. Jansen to be cruel, cold, or sadistic simply because we don't understand his decision.

I was already thinking of having my dog stuffed after he kicks the bucket, a la Rowdy from "Scrubs". Now I'm thinking I may have him stuffed and attached to an R/C car (maybe one for each leg?) so he will still come to me when I call him.

I think this is way cooler than just burying the cat and letting worms eat it... It's all about perspective people, not right and wrong. If you think this is wrong then you should be bitching about deer/moose heads, fur coats, and anything made from leather.. if you don't like what he did with his dead cat (who died BEFORE he did this) then don't do it to your own cat, don't read about it, and definitely don't comment on it. No one cares.

I for one welcome our new coptercat overlord :)

Are you aware of "Bodies" - an artist's take on the human body in which several dead human beings had plastic compounds injected into their corpses (I think there is a horse as well) and are on display around the world?

That is art that people pay to go see.

Millions of cats are euthanized every year in the US.

Unknown numbers are eaten every year in various parts of the world.

This is nothing compared to the number of total animals worked, killed, eaten, worn, stuffed, etc.

Do you care when a skinned pig is kicked arount an American Football field every Friday night in the fall of every highschool in the country?

If this is the worst thing you have ever seen on the internet, then consider looking up the recent incident from Flordia where a man is eating leathery skin - from off the face of a living person.

The simple truth is that cats breed so quickly, are so overpopulated, and generally are of so little value to society that they should be removed from the list of animals to which cruelty can be ascribed (like rodents have almost universally been).

Simply awesome. I don't get what people's problems with this are? It's dead, thus it is not a cat. Compared to "traditional" burial rights of housepets, I bet this guy came out ahead in finances too. Probably a lot cheaper to taxidermy the cat (i mean corpse) and make it fly than some of these places charge to throw it into the incinerator and scoop out some carbon dust for an urn. Cremation or quadcoptor, either way this cat would have ended up in the atmosphere.

Oh, my apologies. I thought we were supposed to share our opinions about the articles, not the bloggers or their grammar.

So sorry for your loss Defrag Doll. That stinks.

Can anyone find any credible source that proves this guy is actually an "artist" in the real world?

The majority of media sources I've seen find this offensive as well. Well said by MSN: "The stuff of nightmares."

Speaking for myself, I also found the "Bodies" exhibit offensive, and did not attend for several reasons.

The bodies in question were dead bodies "donated" by the Chinese governement, unclaimed by relatives and had provided no consent. As in the US, bodies of the unclaimed or homeless who also have not provided consent to be displayed or used as cadavers are often used for just that.

There still remains much controversy about "Bodies" as this is an entertainment, not scientific exhibit, owned by an entertainment company, Premier Exhibitions. The US attorney general at the time of its premier and several other governmental and educational bodies expressed ethical concerns related to the possibility of a black market involvement in the procurement of these cadavers. There was litigation and apparently a settlement, Premier's CEO resigned, and there is now a disclaimer that the company cannot verify that these bodies were not in fact those of Chinese prisoners.

For me personally, whether it's a beloved family pet, myself, or a family member, if consent for display for entertainment or research cannot be obtained, this presents an ethical issue.

And yes, we all do choose our own causes for our own personal reasons. My beloved cat of 19 years is currently dying. As I do consider domestic pets as family, I plan to treat her with as much kindness and dignity in death as I would in life. Further I would never consent to display my deceased family members in such an unloving, undignified manner.

Thank-you.

I'm actually pretty disturbed that I didn't think of this first. As an artist, it is important to keep our minds open to try new things with the living and the dead. I, personally, shall be going down to the animal shelter tomorrow to adopt several "aged" cats so that I may preserve them as this man has.

Animals as art... this is going to be the next big thing! :)

@ cmlouwho: I'm interested in your 19 year old dying cat. How much? I will pay for shipping. You could be the proud donator to my future Meowna Lisa :)

I question the artistic merits of the flying cat. the spirit of the cat must be questioning his owner now - Why I thought you loved me? either that, or, I'll see you in hell you son of a b*tch! The B word would have great resonance, as it would reference a dog. Cat's dont like dogs.

Rest my case.

CNN video on the flying dutch cat (funny)

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2012/06/04/tsr-moos-cat-copter.cnn?iref=allsearch

This is the greatest thing I have ever seen. I was listening to the Mike O'meara show and they were discussing it and I had to see it. I can now die happy having seen this. I love animals by the way.

Because when your pet dies, clearly this is the only logical answer.

I will admit that this is just wrong on sooo many levels but you just can not help but to watch it and laugh. I say way to go. I realize that many "animal lovers"find this a disgrace but I can honestly say that I would much rather be able to enjoy my deceased pet instead of just having it sit around the house collecting dust. WTG

Hahahahaha what a bunch of weak minded people here. Is art not up to the artist to determine how he expresses himself? It's up to us to decide if we like it or not. Doesn't mean if you don't like it, it's not art. There are people who vomit on canvas with different colors and make thousands of dollars, I'd consider that way more vile. If anyone knows about taxidermy, you will know that only the fur is used, not the body or organs. It's not like this is a rotting corpse with maggots crawling on it. If anything, this man can still play with his "cat", what can you guys do with your dead pets? Mr. Letter to the Editor up there is why normal people lose their fun. Way to go PopSci for enlightening my day. Don't listen to the Pastor(s) from "Footloose."

I am better than U

It is obviously an alien cat come with it's master to spy on the earth. I love being young, i have a good imagination...

The annunaki have put heads of animals or body’s of animals on humans often in history. The annunaki are consider our God or Gods today. From a religous point of view, this was done away with by the good GOD and the evil Gods were cast down to earth. Yes the evil Gods walk among humans still on Earth. I suppose what goes around comes around. I still find it odd.

If God had meant for pussy to fly, he would have given it many propellers?

CATastrophe.... this is wrong in so many levels :D hahaha

What a great idea, maybe ill make a model rocket out of my pet snake.

Or even better, how about a guinea pig RC car?

or even better yet! Ive got a great idea for a new model harley davidson when grandma finally kicks it!

Seriously though, This sick moron is only doing this for shock value. He would never have received his 15 minutes of fame just modelling it after a cat. Yet another bit of human nature that just depresses the hell out of me.

for all who think he's sick for doing this i am going to have to disagree. He has immortalized his best friend for all time. it may not be your way but it's his way of remembering his furry little friend.

It is just a matter of time, before some odd ball, stuffs and automates poor grandma or grandpa and keeps them rocking in the old rocking chair on the front porch. They may even install a motion detector on the front porch and have grandma and grandpa say “Howdy” to the approaching visitors.

Well, as anyone who watches the Nat Geo channel knows, we've bumped up against a TABOO or two here. In this case it's Tabby Taboos so these are pretty fierce so peeps have their panties in a bunch. Look, cut this guy some slack. If it makes him happy so be it. I personally think it's odd and wouldn't re-purpose my dog into a Roomba anytime soon. But don't we need to accommodate the fringe behaviors in our society lest we become all rigid and uber-judgmental like say, Iraq?

I have three beloved dead pets on my property. Two were buried and eaten by bugs, worms and rodents. One was incinerated and is now a small amount of ashes in a box stored in a closet. This guy has the outer form of his dead cat, which he can fly around and maybe pet, once in a while. Maybe we should work at being less uptight and judgmental and more open and aware. Personally, if I'd had the sense to do this with my beloved Yogi, I'd have turned her into a remote controlled car. Not sure if I'd have had her standing or sitting. I think taxidermists across the nation should jump on this.

Hooray for the macabre!!!!!

the cat should be captioned speaking to a bird... "you thought you'd escape me with my death.... little did you know...."

So I thought of a practical use. Bird patrol for cities, airports, and maybe even the LHC.

this is kind of weird but cool
remember that this could be his way of respecting his pet.
the fact is that noone here knows enough to judge so you people saying that it should be pulled need to calm down and visit another CAT-agory of this archive. no bad puns intended

Stupid thing to do to your pet. even worse pets are your family. they should no be stretched out for fun and put on your qaauodrotor