News tagged with air vehicles
Cyborg beetles to be the US military's latest weapon (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have implanted miniature neural and muscle stimulation systems into beetles to enable their flight to ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Car That Runs on Compressed Air Questioned by Critics (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- As electric cars begin breaking into the short-distance vehicle market, one French company thinks that it has an alternative to the electric vehicle: a car that runs on compressed air. Motor ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane
(AP) -- After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide home to a California runway.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2010 |
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Cyborg insects generate power for their own neural control
(PhysOrg.com) -- For many years, researchers have been working on designing and fabricating micro-air-vehicles (MAVs), flying robots the size of small insects. But after realizing how difficult it is to create ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Unique new MAV operates with high aerodynamic efficiency
A French researcher, funded by the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, in London, England and the French DoD has designed a rugged micro air vehicle (MAV) that is attractive to the U.S. ...
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Flying MAV Navigates Without GPS (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last several years, researchers have been building micro air vehicles (MAVs) that can autonomously fly through different environments by relying on GPS for navigation. Recently, ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Air Force launches space plane 1 day after delay
The Air Force has launched a second experimental space plane that resembles a small shuttle.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 06, 2011 |
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US military spacecraft back on ground after 7 months
An unmanned US Air Force spacecraft with a vaguely defined military mission landed early Friday in California after a seven-month mission, officials said.
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Air Force: winged robotic spacecraft launched
(AP) -- An unmanned Air Force space plane resembling a small space shuttle has been launched on its maiden voyage into orbit, carried aloft aboard an Atlas 5 rocket Thursday evening, the service announced.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2010 |
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Toyota three-wheeler does 80.3 mph on compressed air
(PhysOrg.com) -- Toyota Industries intends to apply for a Guiness World record for the fastest car driven by a compressed-air engine, after its Ku:Rin, as the vehicle is called, reached 129.2km/h (80.3 mph)on ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 24, 2011 |
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Flapping micro air vehicles inspired by swifts
Scientists have designed a micro aircraft that will be able to flap, glide and hover like a bird.
Jul 02, 2011 |
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China's pollution related to E-cars may be more harmful than gasoline cars, researchers find
Electric cars have been heralded as environmentally friendly, but findings from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers show that electric cars in China have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful ...
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Southampton engineers fly the world's first 'printed' aircraft
Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world's first 'printed' aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design.
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Contact lost with hypersonic glider after launch (Update)
An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for U.S. defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early Thursday but contact was lost after the experimental craft began ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2011 |
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X-37B robotic space plane aims for Thursday launch
(AP) -- The military is poised to launch an unmanned winged spacecraft resembling a miniature space shuttle Thursday and it probably won't be a one-time shot.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2010 |
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