December 3, 2004 Humankind has dreamed of flight since ancient times, but until now most attempts to fly by flapping wings, either using human muscle or mechanical power, have failed. Over 500 years ...

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A jellyfish-like flying machine that hovers and stabilizes itself with no feedback control has been unveiled by researchers in the US. This degree of self-control is unique among such flapping-wing ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- Tuesday was day two of EAA AirVenture. One machine, on the ground, got a lot of attention. The machine, called an ornithopter, has turned heads at AirVenture for decades, for those ...

Engineers have designed a robot with flapping wings, which can perform nimble movements in the air, hovering, darting, diving and recovering like a bird or an insect. Humans have been trying to ...

Humanity spent centuries trying to fly like birds with flapping wings before finally developing the technologies needed to soar with balloons and then taking to the air with gas-powered, fixed-wing ...

These things are pretty old but sometimes it’s nice to see two dudes really happy about a piece of technology that really works. This ornithopter is made by the guys at FlappingFlight and comes in ...

The worlds of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and Dune are coming together, as you can download the Dune expansion and fly an ornithopter through the desert of Arrakis. The Dune Expansion comes out ...