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Researchers Are Turning Taxidermied Birds Into Drones
A reliable approach to creating a machine that can walk, run, swim, or fly like an animal is to simply copy Mother Nature’s work. There’s a good reason Boston Dynamics’ SPOT looks like a dog. But to create drones that fly, move, and even look like birds, researchers from the New Mexico Institute of Mining…
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America’s Birds Are in Big Trouble
America’s birds are having a rough go of things, a new report from the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) this week has found. The findings show that many bird species in the U.S. are in decline, with nearly a hundred species losing more than half of their population since the 1970s. Without more concerted…
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Razor’s E Prime III Is an Electric Scooter for Nostalgic Adults
On April Fools’ Day, 2022, we published an article about Segway’s new 69 km/h scooter, which despite everything odd about that pairing was not an April Fools’ joke. The first comment I received was, “I was just thinking of what I might like without teeth.” That’s exactly why I’ve steered clear of any open-air electric…
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Grasping Robotic Drone Can Land on a Branch Like a Freakin’ Bird
A newly developed, bio-inspired aerial robot can land on a variety of branches and carry objects like a bird.