Yes, definitely. Bring'em on. [Flickr via Brothers Brick]

This 18-foot-tall, one-ton prototype is his second stab at the project, the first being made of wood. This version was started in 2004, and it's made of steel with a system of cables and hydraulics inside to make it work.

Currently, it can raise its arms, bend its knees and apparently do situps, but it's not quite where he wants it to be. He's working on two more prototypes to make it lighter and more maneuverable. And while he dreams of it having military applications at some point, he's focusing on a goal much more up our ally in the near future: mecha-vs-mecha battles. Sign us up! [PopSci]

Kuksi's sculptures and dioramas (bas-reliefs if you wanna get technical about it) tend to look at the tensions between the old world and the modern one, with heavy emphasis on themes of religion, conquest and death. And he managed to accomplish all this while still maintaining a tech sensibility to his work that threw me into an all out nerdgasm. Like Art Machines points out, these images don't do the works justice, but you can zoom around over on Kuksi's site and check out all the intricacies.

Some pieces, particularly the ones involving tanks, are overtly political, while others focus heavily on the religious. But my personal favorites are the one shown above, the piece with the Zeppelin, and the work of the skeleton cradling a village—which looks vaguely like Zion (the underground city in the Matrix) crossed with ancient Japanese mythology. And there are tons more sculptures over on Kuksi's site you should definitely check out. [Kris Kuksi via Art Machines]