It seems the TechJect entrepreneurs out of Georgia Tech aren't the only ones exploring the flight dynamics of dragonflies. SingularityHUB (Apr 17) - "Festo's Robot Dragonfly an Awesome Mix of Prehistoric and Futuristic": http://singularityhub.com/2013/04/17/festos-robot-dragonfly-an-awesome-mix-o... The name "Festo" caught my eye as I am currently reading William Gibson's _Zero History_ (2010) which mentions a "Festo AirPenguin" drone. In the text, the fictional cutting edge marketing agency Blue Ant experiments with usage of the drone as an "urban surveillance platform." On encountering the chrome penguin swimming through the air, one surprised character comes 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-... 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 -- Gregory Foster || gfoster@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/drone-list or email companys@stanford.edu ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> 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