Posts tagged: flying

Wired: Man Successfully Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings

A project started by engineers grandfather is realized using modern technology. Using videogame controllers, an Android phone and custom-built wings, a Dutch engineer named Jarno Smeets has achieved birdlike flight. Smeets flew like an albatross, the bird that inspired his winged-man invention, on March 18 at a park in The Hague. “I have always dreamed […]

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