Joe Salas

University of Tokyo’s DRAGON drone evolved into SPIDAR

University of Tokyo’s DRAGON drone evolved into SPIDAR

In Japanese mythology, dragons aren’t the fire-breathing, treasure-hoarding monsters you’ll find in Tolkien, Martin, et al. Instead, they’re wise, serpentine creatures who control rain, fly through the clouds, and protect sacred areas. Engineers at the University of Tokyo JSK Robotics Laboratory had been working on a drone that represents the latter called the “Dual-Rotor embedded…

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The Streetwing flying car aims for pure exploration

The Streetwing flying car aims for pure exploration

The word “flying car” immediately puts visions of “The World of Tomorrow” World’s Fair in my head. Retro-looking flashy contraptions like the Ford Volante concept car. If you were to ask Dezső Molnár what his vision of a flying car looked like, he’d simply show you the one he’s building now. It’s been nearly a…

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