[drone-list] Festo

[Gregory Foster]

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-of-prehistoric-and-futuristic/

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-zero-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

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