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Butterflies help out scientists and the military
Butterflies are teaching scientists important lessons that could be used in designing flying robots. The military wants to be able to use bug-size robots to fly into areas without risking human lives. They call their robots MAVs, short for micro air vehicles. Read full article >>
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Butterflies flutter by
DAINTY Swallowtail butterflies are out and about in gardens in Mount Isa right now.
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Butterflies inspire bug-size flying robots
Engineers at Johns Hopkins University are studying how butterflies flutter to help design bug-size airborne robots that can mimic these manoeuvres to carry out reconnaissance, search-and-rescue and environmental monitoring missions without risking human lives.
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Butterflies Inspire Bug-Sized Flying Robots
[ Watch the Video ] To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butterflies flutter among flowers with amazing grace and agility, the researchers hope to help small airborne robots mimic these maneuvers. U.S. defense agencies, which have funded ...
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Montclair Bird Club to host expert on butterflies
Ahmet Baytas, a naturalist and author of "The Butterflies of Turkey," will present a program on neotropical butterflies at a meeting of the Montclair Bird Club on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
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Future drones may fly like butterflies
High-speed video cameras are allowing university researchers to document how butterflies gracefully flutter through the air. The U.S. military funded findings may lead to more agile insect-sized drones sent to spy on enemies.
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On Our Radar: Military Drones That Mimic Butterflies
To aid defense contractors, researchers try to map how butterflies carry out an astonishing variety of flight maneuvers.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Military Drones That Mimic Butterflies
To aid defense contractors, researchers try to map how butterflies carry out an astonishing variety of flight maneuvers.
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Robots Like Butterflies: New Recon Tools?
To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butterflies flutter among flowers with amazing grace and agility, …
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Butterflies to cheer Canterbury
This summer The Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust has arranged two ‘close up and personal’ exhibits of butterflies– Monarchs and Admirals–to brighten the lives of earthquake-ravaged Christchurch residents.
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