Roland Piquepaille writes "Dutch engineers have built the third generation of the DelFly autonomous air vehicle. The DelFly Micro made its first public flight earlier today in Delft. This micro air vehicle weighs only 3 grams and has a wingspan of 10... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Thu, Jul 24 2008
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| 23 Jul 08 |
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Dutch Researchers Take Flight With Three-Gram 'Dragonfly' » digg On Wednesday 23 July, TU Delft will be presenting the minute DelFly Micro air vehicle. This successor to the DelFly I and II weighs barely 3 grams, and with its flapping wings is very similar to a dragonfly. |
| 02 Apr 08 |
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Fresh Super Micro kit pushes the ultra low-voltage limits » the register (uk) Efficiency you can't hear IDF Super Micro continues to impress with its server gear. The vendor this week released new versions of its blade and 1U designs that make use of Intel's "San Clemente" 5100 chipset built to work with low power processors.… |
| 03 Jun 08 |
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Dancing Micro-Robots Waltz on a Pin's Head » slashdot coondoggie writes to mention that Duke University researchers have created micro-robots and made them dance to their tune. With dimensions measured in microns, these tiny bots were made to waltz to the music of Strauss on the head of a pin just one... |
| 20 Mar 08 |
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BBC Micro creators meet to TRACE machine's legacy » the register (uk) IF .. THEN .. ELSE Forgotten Tech The brains behind the must-have home computer of the early 1980s, the BBC Micro, will gather today to catch up and reminisce about a time when Britain led the way in the domestic computing revolution.… |
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Robotic Scout To Survey Arctic Ice » slashdot Roland Piquepaille writes "The Meridian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a single-engine research aircraft with fixed landing gear designed by engineers at the University of Kansas. According to Technology Review, it will be used to see what happens... |