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Shape Changing Plane In Development

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. 0000000 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ooooooooo

  2. "Phun" jobs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this misspelling of "fun" some sort of special "phaggot" signal?

  3. Re:So how long... by jst4fun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

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  4. What we all want to know by FluffyWithTeeth · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But does it run OSX x86?

  5. May their server rest in pieces by coolGuyZak · · 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.