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DARPA Make Hummingbird Robot Spy

by Jay Garrett on July 6, 2009

hummingbirddrone_01You’ve got to hand it to DARPA – The brains working on tech for the Pentagon have some far-out ideas including this robotic hummingbird-based drone.

Could little hummingbird spies be helping in futuristic espionage? Not just yet…

Program manager Todd Hylton is aiming for “an approximately 10-gram aircraft that can hover for extended periods, can fly at forward speeds up to 10 meters per second, can withstand 2.5-meter-per-second wind gusts.”

At the mo the little robobird can only fly for about 20 seconds at a time.

But, knowing the speed that technology, brains and Government spending goes there could soon be those robotic hummingbirds sneaking into people’s homes and offices.

My birdwatching to me to Wired where I found this :)

Check out the vid of the drone below going through its tests.

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Levitron Revolution – Hover and Rotate Your Collectables

by Jay Garrett on June 11, 2009

levitron-revolutionThis chunk of coolness was spotted at the New York Toy Fair and it is finally public on their website.

The Levitron Revolution features a small disk which levitates a few inches above the surface of an illuminated base.

You can place up to 4 ounces of non-ferrous whatever-you-want-to-hover and it will be suspened there sweetly rotating while the lights from the base bathe it in a soft glow.

If you have any kind of collection (action figures, minerals, shells, glass figures, etc), this is a must have!

The company promises that they’ll have it out to buy in time for Christmas – oh yeah! :)

 

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Miami-Dade Drones

March 27, 2008 Click to read more →

Honeywell is hoping that their new drones will soon be employed by the Miami-Dade police department.
The plan is to use them in ”urban areas with an eye toward full-fledged employment in crime fighting.”
Apparently the department is going to use it in “tactical situations as an extra set of eyes.”
So, next time you go for a stroll along [...]