Engineers create weird four-wing flapping drones inspired by Bird Wings
We have developed four-winged bird-shaped robots, called ornithopters, that can take off and fly with the agility of the speedy, hummingbirds, and insects. We did this by reverse engineering the aerodynamics and biomechanics of these creatures. Our ornithopters have the potential to outperform and exceed existing drone configurations with static …
Read More »Proteus: design of a ‘space station’ in the ocean presented
Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Sixty feet below the surface of the Caribbean Sea, aquanaut Fabien Cousteau and industrial designer Yves Béhar are imagining the station and the world’s largest underwater research habitat. The couple have unveiled Fabien Cousteau’s Proteus, a 4,000-square-foot modular laboratory that will be located underwater off …
Read More »Details of the new iPhone 12, iPad Pro defeated, MacBook Air dying
July 20 MacBook Pro ARM update below, post originally published on July 16. Glancing at another week of Cupertino news and headlines, this week’s Apple Loop includes new details from the iPhone 12, the killer feature of the iPhone, the dying but not yet dead MacBook Air, the iPad Pro …
Read More »Details of the new iPhone 12, iPad Pro defeated, MacBook Air dying
Taking a look at another week of Cupertino news and headlines, this week’s Apple Loop includes new details from the iPhone 12, the killer feature of the iPhone, the dying but not yet dead MacBook Air, iPad Pro vs. MacBook Pro, the tax case. EU Apple, Car Keys on the …
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