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Da Vinci's Ornithopter Prepares For a Test Flight

Posted by Hemos on from the what-about-gurney-halleck dept.

Dirak writes "Over 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci conceptualized a self-powered flying machine that would achieve both lift and thrust with flapping wings alone and named it the "ornithopter". Hot on the heels of the 100th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers flight, and the recent X prize, a team of scientists from University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace have taken on this challenge to make Leonardo's dream a reality."

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  1. Possible use? by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Now we'll finally have a vehicle suitable for tracking spice miners on Arrakis.

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  2. Ornithopter? by Espectr0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Those things are used in the movie DUNE, and also in the video game. I loved DUNE I, one of the first games with 256 colors.

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