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Title: Artificial Butterfly
Post by: dannyboy1121 on May 20, 2010, 04:23:43 PM

I sure hope BBC don't limit access for people outside the UK. Researchers build a butterfly in order to study how it can fly.

BBC - Earth News - Artificial swallowtail butterfly reveals flight secrets (http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8694000/8694666.stm#id8690000/8694800/8694879)

It's tiny but impressive. More info can be found at:

http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-3190/5/2/026003 (http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-3190/5/2/026003)

 

Title: Re: Artificial Butterfly
Post by: MikeK on May 20, 2010, 04:43:17 PM

Yep, that's a basic ornithoper mechanism.  I have several "birds" that use that: