News tagged with variable wing

Cyclogyro Flying Robot Improves its Angles of Attack

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past few decades, researchers have been investigating a variety of flying machines. Most studies have focused on improving the flying performance of standard flying mechanisms, rather ...

Electronics / Robotics

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Redder ladybirds more deadly, say scientists

A ladybird's colour indicates how well-fed and how toxic it is, according to an international team of scientists. Research led by the Universities of Exeter and Liverpool directly shows that differences between ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Aero-engineers debut open-source fluid dynamics design application

Each fall at technical universities across the world, a new crop of aeronautical and astronautical engineering graduate students settle in for the work that will consume them for the next several years. For many, their first ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Bigger birds in central California, courtesy of global climate change

Birds are getting bigger in central California, and that was a big surprise for Rae Goodman and her colleagues.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Flies' flight patterns rely on sense of smell

(PhysOrg.com) -- If a fruit fly gets a whiff of a rotting banana, it does everything it can to get to the location of the potential feast. That includes not only beating its wings faster, but overriding its ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Flying microrobot takes steps toward full autonomy (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the goal of designing an insect-inspired flying microrobot capable of sustained autonomous flight, researchers have demonstrated for the first time a microrobot that achieves vertical ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

Voice cells for voice recognition

(Medical Xpress) -- The human voice is as characteristic as a face – a friend can often be identified by a message on an answering machine, even if he or she forgot to mention their name. The main region ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Takeoffs and landings cause more precipitation around major airports

Researchers have found that areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase in rain and snow when aircraft take off and land under certain atmospheric conditions.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineers look to the birds for the future of UAVs (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at UC San Diego are mimicking the movement of bird wings to help improve the maneuverability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Technology / Engineering

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aviation safety: New computer tool forecasts icing hazards

Aircraft safety is getting a boost from a new computer-generated forecast that provides pilots with critical weather information on the likelihood of encountering dangerous in-flight icing conditions.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford engineers put a damper on 'aeroelastic flutter'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has ever flown knows the feeling: an otherwise smooth flight gets a little choppy. If you are lucky, the plane skips a few times like a rock across a pond and then settles. For the not-so-lucky, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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