Mar 18 2009I've Seen It All Now: Extreme LED Sheep Art
This video has to be seen to be believed. Some guys strapped LED covered vests on sheep and then had the dogs herd them in specific patterns to create ridiculous art on a hillside in Wales. They even play a game of Pong and recreate the Mona Lisa using different colored LEDs on sheep in a pen. You just have to watch it to understand. Then, I think we'll all agree, sheep: not just for sex anymore.
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Sheep-Powered LED Display Lights Up Welsh Hillside [gizmodo]
Thanks to Grey and Kim, who have never gotten tender with sheep. OR SO THEY SAY!
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Reader Comments
1. aznterrorist - March 18, 2009 10:00 AM
last :(
2. aznterrorist - March 18, 2009 10:00 AM
all your base are belong to china..
3. paineel - March 18, 2009 10:03 AM
http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20030304
I need one of these all your Steel belong to us america,,, and your jobs muhahahahha
4. black - March 18, 2009 10:03 AM
this is awesome !!!
5. paineel - March 18, 2009 10:05 AM
i'll be impressed when the sheep are cloned and they grow out wool that acts as fiber optics and the color of the sheep wool will replect their emotions like when you are banging the sheep and the other sheep get jealous.
my co worker is creating a comic book
6. SmokingGirl - March 18, 2009 10:09 AM
That was AWESOME and I'm not afraid to say it. Totally, total awesomeness.
And border collies pwn, btw.
7. Ed aka the-iguana - March 18, 2009 10:22 AM
damn smart dogs and sheeps... made me look dumb.
i can't imagine the time those guys spent making this. :o
8. CorporalRutland - March 18, 2009 10:26 AM
Only in Wales... God bless 'em.
9. naas - March 18, 2009 10:27 AM
Get the fück outta here, that can't be real..... Amazing if it is, but I think the fast-forwarding makes it looks generated.
Daisy, a little help here...?
10. catch22 - March 18, 2009 10:32 AM
i was reluctant... but that was pretty awesome
11. Que - March 18, 2009 10:33 AM
Que dang in que awesome.
12. DeeplyTroubled - March 18, 2009 10:39 AM
At first I was ready to call BS; that has to be fake. But then I'm thinking... who the hell would bother to fake that? I mean of all the things to fake, why would you pick an electric sheep show?
13. blp - March 18, 2009 10:54 AM
Brilliant! I'm so proud to be welsh. We rule at rugby and anything sheep related. I hope the Irish didn't drink all their booze yesterday, they'll need some to drown their sorrows on Saturday! Loooooooollllloooooolllll :D
14. hectorv1979 - March 18, 2009 11:20 AM
wow i didnt know sheep had other uses besides sex
15. Moose Knuckle - March 18, 2009 11:35 AM
If they're so bored why don't the just have sex with their sheep like every other sheepherder?
16. Sebastian - March 18, 2009 11:41 AM
They say it's a viral by SAMSUNG for LED TV...
17. kathryn - March 18, 2009 11:48 AM
I really hope that's not a viral- Because that has just made my day!
18. Kats - March 18, 2009 11:48 AM
Where is Daisy to comment on this? I miss the "FAKE!" accusation, Never Back Down reference, and ridiculously conjured scenario already.... :(
19. Harb - March 18, 2009 11:54 AM
Looked really fake to me (And I lived on a sheep farm for 10 years)
20. Pew³ - March 18, 2009 12:02 PM
How much more fake could it be?
And the answer is none.
None more fake.
21. Ed aka the-iguana - March 18, 2009 12:11 PM
Not fake... My grandma does the same with her cats... :|
22. BOOSH! - March 18, 2009 12:33 PM
I choose to believe this. I loved it.
23. Dan - March 18, 2009 1:17 PM
I'm from wales and that was sheer awesome, now if only I can find out where they did it.
24. Darth - March 18, 2009 1:27 PM
Whoof! Brilliant!:)
25. mygoodness - March 18, 2009 1:40 PM
does noone else feel bad for the poor sheep and dogs who had to run around a hill for probably hours on end? poor little guys!!!!
26. cauchy - March 18, 2009 2:04 PM
FIIIIIRRRSTT FAGGS
27. Ominous - March 18, 2009 2:24 PM
OMFG!
28. dowg - March 18, 2009 2:25 PM
on the farm wayyyy toooo longggggggg!!!!!!!!!
29. Somebody - March 18, 2009 3:43 PM
Sheep: "Baaa Bae Ba Bbaaaa Baa ba BAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
Translation: "You'll soon be hearing from my lawyers!"
30. naas - March 18, 2009 3:49 PM
@25 No, how stupid... That's what sheep do all damn day
31. Sum Wannabe Gangsta - March 18, 2009 5:17 PM
Sheep are tools!
32. Quase - March 18, 2009 5:44 PM
Shit, evidently is fake, but if they made it with a little more care, could have fooled us (except for the pixels, they are all wrong)..
33. Fish - March 18, 2009 5:53 PM
Not only is a fake, is a bad one
geekologie writers.. fakes?
c´mon
34. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - March 18, 2009 6:03 PM
Wow, I think that pretty much defines viral advertising.
@25: No.
35. Daisy - March 18, 2009 7:51 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake becauise the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max teams up with the chief of police to investigate dirty cops on the take. In the process they deflower a ghost. By the end of the movie they burn 73 planes and end up winning the admiration of their parents, living happily ever after.
36. Hello My Name is Jes - March 18, 2009 9:15 PM
The Baaaastartds have an amazing talent along with the sheep hearding dogs.
37. Dr.Freak - March 18, 2009 11:05 PM
Shennanigans! So fake...
Samsungs' new catch phrase (at the end of the clip) is "Have a look at our LED TV's. Oh go on..."
Like they knew people would read the first sentence & say "Meh..."
Next we'll see ads that say things like;
"Buy an iPhone. Ahhhh COME ON, they're cool really & everybody else has one... You wanna be cool, don't you?"
38. The_One - March 19, 2009 12:52 AM
zomg. so f-in awsome
39. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 19, 2009 7:29 AM
Yea! I love commercials!
40. msjessiemeghan - March 19, 2009 10:04 AM
Border Collies are the real stars in this video.
41. SOLY - March 19, 2009 11:08 AM
This WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^
42. echoroc - March 19, 2009 7:59 PM
I don't think this was fake and who cares if it was done for Samsung? It still looked cool!
43. cait48 - March 19, 2009 9:30 PM
Fake or not the real stars of this show were the dogs. I LOVED them! There is absolutely nothing finer than a working dog.
44. JordEbot - March 24, 2009 10:46 AM
Sheep sheep sheep shaggers!
45. Dyzun - June 23, 2009 7:36 PM
This is what happens when there are no women and alot of free time.
46. Apeman505 - September 24, 2009 11:14 PM
I'd really like for this to be real, but if you watch the legs of the sheep pattern when they made it walk across the hillside, among other parts if you look closely, it looks totally faked. Maybe it's just because it was in fast-motion though....