The Flight Deck

The article has text with a lot more explanation, but the video does a good job of explaining it as well. Sure, it’s a flat bed slow rolling down a runway but really the jump to a pitching deck isn’t that far for software, just a few more variables to handle. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

Always liked Maple seeds spinning down from above as a kid. Never occurred to me to build a UAV based on the concept though. I’m going to embed the video – Here’s an article that gives some background and more info. as well as having the video. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

It’s hard to imagine anyone not having heard about Kinect, but I forget a lot of people don’t live in my geek world. So for those of you that might have missed it, Kinect is a device Microsoft developed to be used with their XBox video game system. It is a system that allows a [...]

Our benevolent host is a proud Mac user, but many of us unwashed types have endured DOS and Windows for decades. Here is the upgrade path from Windows 1 through Windows 7 (neglecting Windows ME), and all the joys of two decades of glorious screen shots. Nerd history! Bookmark to: Hide Sites

AeroVironment video of flight tests of its Nano Hummingbird flapping-wing nano air vehicle, developed for DARPA. Battery-powered and remote-controlled, the hummingbird-like prototype uses flapping wings for propulsion and control. Carring a video camera and downlink, the prototype has a wingspan of 16cm (9.5in) and weighs just 19 grams (0.66oz). It can hover for 8 minutes, [...]

I like this bird. She has Leroy Grumman written all over her. May possibly get to do a trap before the Lockmart Charlie. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

Via Dangerroom – The Chinese milblogs are a passing around fence snaps purported to be the stealthy J-20 5th generation fighter.  Looks a bit like the MiG 1.42/1.44 to me.   And oddly, it actually looks a lot like the fictional Chinese MiG from Command & Conquer Generals: Bookmark to: Hide Sites

I was going to embed the videos but they are too wide for the layout here. These are small, autonomous, quadrotor robots that can fly around in a most amazing fashion. The title for this post is accurate. You can watch them do their stuff here. They are pretty incredible and what makes it bump [...]

Israel’s air force on Sunday introduced a fleet of huge pilotless planes that can remain in the air for a full day and fly as far as the Persian Gulf, putting rival Iran within its range.They are Heron TPs or Eitans. Looks like a Global Hawk and a P-38 had a baby.HeronGlobal HawkP-38 (Not necessary, [...]

There are some RAH fans here who will appreciate this.The HULC is a completely un-tethered, hydraulic-powered anthropomorphic exoskeleton that provides users with the ability to carry loads of up to 200 lbs for extended periods of time and over all terrains. I was just going to embed the video but it’s wide and covered over [...]