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I had a toy ornithopter many years ago. It didn’t fly too well, but I thought it was really cool. I’m looking forward to advances in the field. https://en.wiki
by andrewl 4y ago
I had a toy ornithopter many years ago. It didn’t fly too well, but I thought it was really cool. I’m looking forward to advances in the field.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter
- JKCalhoun 4y agoA decent ornithopter is going to be a wild technology: I mean literally you'll have to wonder if the bird that flew by is real or not. Crazy times are coming.
- amelius 4y agoReminds me of the pigeons used during the cold war era. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49692534 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49692534
- 15155 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Nano_Hummingbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Nano_Hummingbird
- mkoryak 4y agoDo you live underneath a rock? Haven't you heard that birbs aren't real?
- jaclaz 4y agoAround ten years ago there was this "Smartbird" which was much more than a toy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmartBird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmartBird but apart an initial hype I think it was never further developed. A video is linked from the wikipedia page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7PNQiHT1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7PNQiHT1Q