Inspired by the biology of a fly, with submillimeter-scale anatomy and two wafer-thin wings that flap 120 times per second, this tiny robotic insect that’s half the size of a paperclip represents the cutting edge of micro-manufacturing. The first controlled flight of the insect-sized robot is the culmination of more than a decade’s work, led […]
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Into Orbit Via A Slingshot
The public’s imagination may have been fired up in the past by proposals for “space elevators” – where satellites or space vehicles are carried up a 62,000 mile cable into space – but the technological challenges that exist for such a project make its implementation a futuristic dream. But another type of tether may hold […]