Neatorama » sky http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Mesicopters http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/01/mesicopters/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/01/mesicopters/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:13:24 +0000 Queuebot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/01/mesicopters/

Its hard to believe these little things can even fly. They are about as small as a quarter and are simply cool.

Ilan Kroo and his colleagues at Stanford hope to use them for Mars exploration or atmospheric research one day!

Link – via djowtlaw

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by slowboy.

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It looks awesome but will it fly … or will it blend? I do believe this is what we all wanted as a kid … lucky guys!

A group of daredevils set sail on the ultimate magical childhood dream adventure today, traveling in a flying car for a 42 day journey from London to Timbuktu — a place that’s had a mystical, “middle of nowhere” reputation for decades. The ‘Parajet Skycar’ can change from ground to flying mode in a mere 3 minutes, and will make the epic 3,600-mile (5,800-kilometer) journey by both land and air.

Link

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(Vimeo link)

A time-lapse video by Till Credner. -Thanks Kiltak!

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Discover Magazine has a gallery of ten awesome photos of the visual effects created by sky conditions, explained in the accompanying text. Pictured is a sunset over Chile, which appears flattened due to light refraction. Link -Thanks, Sara!

(image credit: Luc Arnold)

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