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I am sorry you think that way. I think it is beautiful to be able to do what life has done. Nature has had billions of years to perfect her design, and we've o

I am sorry you think that way. I think it is beautiful to be able to do what life has done. Nature has had billions of years to perfect her design, and we've only been trying for a few hundred years. I'd say that is pretty good considering.

schmave2 15y ago
There is without a doubt beauty in problem solving and engineering. I guess I think the article doesn't stress how far we have yet to go. Festo's SmartBird website proclaims: "With SmartBird, Festo has succeeded in deciphering the flight of birds – one of the oldest dreams of humankind." That's just sales talk. It's not true. The gull still flies better than SmartBird does. I stand by my point that "SmartBird" is neither smart (compared to a bird), nor a bird.