Flying
Questions
1. What are the best things about flying?
2. Would you like to be able to fly like a bird?
3. Where would you like to fly to right now?
4. Have you ever flown in something other than a plane?
5. Do you think we’ll be using flying cars one day?
6. Do you ever dream of flying?
7. Do you think humans will be able to fly one day?
8. Who is your favorite flying superhero?
Videos
When you hear the word “drone,” you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems expert Raffaello D’Andrea develops flying machines, and his latest
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projects are pushing the boundaries of autonomous flight — from a flying wing that can hover and recover from disturbance to an eight-propeller craft that’s ambivalent to orientation … to a swarm of tiny coordinated micro-quadcopters. Prepare to be dazzled by a dreamy, swirling array of flying machines as they dance like fireflies above the TED stage.
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Category: Technology
Though the common ancestor of all modern birds could fly, many different bird species have independently lost their flight. Flight can have incredible benefits, especially for escaping predators, hunting and traveling long
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distances. But it also has high costs: consuming huge amounts of energy and limiting body size and weight. Gillian Gibb explores what makes birds give up the power of flight.
Lesson by Gillian Gibb, directed by Anton Bogaty.
Lesson by Gillian Gibb, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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Category: Nature & Environment | Science