Flapping into history
New tech via /. :
The world's first succesful ornithopter flight!
Admittedly it only flew for fourteen seconds, but as they point out that's longer than the Wright brothers first flight!
Also, sailing ships to return to the oceans, only with a bit of a difference :
SkySails' system consists of an enormous towing kite and navigationsoftware that can map the best route between two points for maximumwind efficiency. In development for more than four years, the systemcosts from roughly $380,000 to $3.2 million, depending on the size ofthe ship it's pulling. SkySails claims it will save one third of fuelcosts.
And in further bad news about the British police state, an older one from El Reg, Goth gets fined £80 for calling a metal detector a "piece of shit".
The world's first succesful ornithopter flight!
Admittedly it only flew for fourteen seconds, but as they point out that's longer than the Wright brothers first flight!
Also, sailing ships to return to the oceans, only with a bit of a difference :
SkySails' system consists of an enormous towing kite and navigationsoftware that can map the best route between two points for maximumwind efficiency. In development for more than four years, the systemcosts from roughly $380,000 to $3.2 million, depending on the size ofthe ship it's pulling. SkySails claims it will save one third of fuelcosts.
And in further bad news about the British police state, an older one from El Reg, Goth gets fined £80 for calling a metal detector a "piece of shit".