uminoken Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 The latest Popular Science has an article on wing shaping/morphing - specifically how to get them to flex for agility and still keep the strength required. Three main ideas: 1 - changing the overall shape of the wing to resemble more of a birds 2 - using micro jets throughout the wing to give additional push/lift by directing the airflow and finally the one that should be the most familliar to Mac Plus fans 3 - using algorithims derived from computers, it figures out what shape to bend a material sheet into, then actuators inside the material bend to fit the computer's data. What it all boils down to......all these new theories and new technology to have a computer be a bird brain! :-) Quote
J A Dare Posted October 7, 2003 Posted October 7, 2003 Neato. Anything on the BDI or BCS? per your request... proto-BCS ? Quote
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