A giant egg equipped with rotors and "Transformers"-style robots are among some of the creative designs submitted in a $2 million dollar contest to dream up new ways of flying. A giant egg equipped ...
In the 1480s, Italian Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci came up with an ingenious design for an “aerial screw.” A rotor in the shape of a helix measuring about 13 feet in diameter, the ...
Join us as we document the ambitious upgrade of a custom-built flying motorcycle, transforming it into a unique experimental ...
NASM copy 39088008693905 has bookplate: Gift of Melvin Buchner. NASM copy 39088016868143 has Smithsonian Institution Libraries bookplate: Gift of Leonard J. Raymond. Contents Ch. 1. Evolution of the ...
A lot of personal flying machines are in the works right now, but this one from Washington-based startup Zeva Aero surely features one of the most extraordinary designs yet. The Zeva Zero aircraft ...
Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...