How Jonathan Wing went from making family recipe tutorials to running the world’s largest family history event

A son of a Filipina mother and Dutch father, Jonathan Wing always drew strength from family stories. He’s now helping others ...
IEEE

FWAF-VID: A Flapping-Wing Aggressive Flight Benchmark Dataset for Visual-Inertial Localization

Abstract: Accurate state estimation of micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) in high-speed and dynamic environments poses a significant challenge for visual-inertial odometry (VIO) algorithms. Flapping-wing ...
The New York Times

Boneless Wings Are Still Wings, Judge Rules

A Chicago man filed a lawsuit in 2023 against Buffalo Wild Wings, arguing that it had engaged in false advertising of its boneless wings. A judge said the claim “has no meat on its bones.” By ...
NBC News

No bones about it: Judge allows Buffalo Wild Wings to keep 'boneless' chicken on menu

Are boneless wings any different from chicken nuggets? A federal judge weighed in Tuesday in a lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings. In a 10-page ruling, U.S. District Judge John Tharp in Illinois said ...
New Atlas

Flapping-wing robo-bird uses two tails to fly fast or slow

Flapping-wing robo-bird uses two tails to fly fast or slow Many readers will remember the MetaFly, a remote-control robotic insect that flies by actually flapping its wings. Well, its inventor is back ...
TechCrunch

Flapping Airplanes on the future of AI: ‘We want to try really radically different things’

There’s been a bunch of exciting research-focused AI labs popping up in recent months, and Flapping Airplanes is one of the most interesting. Propelled by its young and curious founders, Flapping ...
IEEE

Design and Validation of an Aerodynamics and Kinematics Measurement Platform for Flapping-Wing Robots

Abstract: Flapping-wing robots (FWRs) possess agile aerial maneuverability with their deformable wings. However, their aerodynamics and kinematics measurements are complicated and lack rapid measuring ...