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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 …

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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 …

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