Shape Changing Plane In Development

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 24, 2005 @06:13AM from the making-toys-a-career dept.

Eh-Wire writes "The University of Florida has a short article on the "morphing wing" drone they are developing for a small aircraft that can swoop through parking garages, dive into alleys and land on balconies. Close-up video of seagulls in flight was the inspiration for the design of the drone. A still image of the drone shows an aircraft that looks surprisingly gull-like. A video shows the "wing morphing" in action on a static mounted drone. There is also a link to quite a few more videos in the article but it's not real obvious. Some guys get all the phun jobs!"

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Re:So how long... by jst4fun · 2005-08-24 06:22 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Change is Inevitable..no one can stop it.. :wink:

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May their server rest in pieces by coolGuyZak · 2005-08-24 06:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

We should send out prayer out to the administrators of that website... someone just posted a link to a movie on the front page of /.
May heaven help their server. Give it the strength is needs to endure the scathing heat that a slashdotting produces. May the sysadmins not get within 10 feet, for their skin may scald. May the slashbots have mercy, and set up a torrent!
Amen.