The prototype seen above, called Mercury, is an ornithopter which means it flaps it’s wings. It is the first to show controlled hovering. Look closely, there’s no rudder or tail. Mercury uses ...

Previous flyable bionic platforms have successfully applied bioinspired wing morphing but cannot yet be propelled by the morphing-coupled wingbeat pattern. Inspired by this, a team of Hong Kong ...

Ornithopters look silly. They look like something that shouldn’t work. An airplane with no propeller and wings that go flappy-flappy? No way that thing is going to fly. There are, however, a ...

Specifically, ornithopters, those cool dragonfly-like helicopters. The first 'thopter highlighted was the "strong and bulky carrier ornithopter," which is used for carrying sandcrawlers into the ...

"Dune: Part Two" is one of the best movies of 2024 and it actually makes the first "Dune" movie from director Denis ...