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  • This Drone’s Feathered Wings Can Open and Close Like a Bird’s

    This Drone’s Feathered Wings Can Open and Close Like a Bird’s

    Aeronautical engineers have built planes that can streak across the sky at over 6,437 km per hour, but still haven’t come close to designing aircraft that can manoeuvre with the astounding agility of a bird. Researchers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne figured, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, and have designed a…


  • Researchers Make An Obvious Discovery For Improving Drones

    Researchers Make An Obvious Discovery For Improving Drones

    Even the most manoeuvrable aircraft we’ve designed is no match for the agility of a bird. Mother Nature has all but perfected flight, so why are we wasting our time re-inventing the wheel? As researchers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne realised, we should just be copying our fine feathered friends.


  • Shape-Shifting Robots Designed To Build Furniture When You Need It

    Shape-Shifting Robots Designed To Build Furniture When You Need It

    Before the nightmare of having to build it all yourself begins, wandering through IKEA and deciding what furniture to buy is actually kind of fun. But researchers at EPFL are working on a better approach. Instead of deciding on a specific piece of furniture, they’re working on tiny modular robots that simply assemble into whatever…