From gfoster@entersection.org Fri Jul 6 02:42:21 2018 From: Gregory Foster To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: [drone-list] Festo Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:42:21 +0000 Message-ID: <172289285041.3881296.5879830896543941977.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4462023706065499071==" --===============4462023706065499071== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It seems the TechJect entrepreneurs out of Georgia Tech aren't the only =20 ones exploring the flight dynamics of dragonflies. SingularityHUB (Apr 17) - "Festo's Robot Dragonfly an Awesome Mix of =20 Prehistoric and Futuristic": http://singularityhub.com/2013/04/17/festos-robot-dragonfly-an-awesome-mix-of= -prehistoric-and-futuristic/ The name "Festo" caught my eye as I am currently reading William Gibson's=20 _Zero History_ (2010) which mentions a "Festo AirPenguin" drone. In the=20 text, the fictional cutting edge marketing agency Blue Ant experiments with=20 usage of the drone as an "urban surveillance platform." On encountering=20 the chrome penguin swimming through the air, one surprised character comes=20 to believe they are hallucinating. Little did I know Gibson was referencing a real thing. The Gibsonian Institute (Sep 28, 2010) - "Festo AirPenguin in action": http://gibsonian.tumblr.com/post/1204694444/festo-airpenguin-in-action-from-z= ero-history Festo, " a leading world-wide supplier of automation technology": http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/index.htm https://twitter.com/FestoAG http://www.youtube.com/user/FestoHQ HT @CustosDivini: https://twitter.com/CustosDivini/status/324719664255086592 gf --=20 Gregory Foster || gfoster(a)entersection.org @gregoryfoster <> http://entersection.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe? Want to receive a weekly digest instead of daily emails?= Change your preferences: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/dron= e-list or email companys(a)stanford.edu ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============4462023706065499071==--