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Studies In Ornithopters

Posted by Hemos on from the he-is-the-kwisatz-haderach dept.

weileong writes "This should be of especial interest to fans of Frank Herbert's Dune (or maybe only those who preferred House Atreides) - a genuine, flexible, flapping-capable winged aircraft (by which I don't mean passenger-carrying. Yet.) has been produced by the University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies and SRI International (Washington Post article, free reg required). Advantages include everything from low speed control to efficiency. Once these things really hit "real world" usage, the V-22 Osprey really HAS no reason to exist (and all the army personnel at risk of dying in one should rejoice)."

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  1. Ornithopters... by jacobdp · · Score: 5, Funny

    An excellent Magic card, too! 0/2 flying artifact creature for 0.

    As a blocker, it can't be beat.

  2. evolution by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Funny

    she says, "centuries of evolution have produced structures and systems that work very well."

    Centuries of evolution?

    Wow! They've found a young-earth darwinist! : )

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  3. Re:The V22? by babbage · · Score: 4, Funny
    They removed the problems that killed people (mostly, no a/c is perfect)

    I think it's far to say that any conditioner that could ever hurt people, nevermind kill them, is very far from perfect indeed.

    A/C just isn't worth dying for, I don't care how hot the summer was.

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  4. To make the Dune reference complete by sonicattack · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..they should rename the 'thopter from "Mentor" to "Mentat".