Thursday, January 16, 2014

Scientists create winged-jellyfish drone…and it's beautiful

Source: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/scientists-create-winged-jellyfish-drone-and-its-beaut-1501888852/@caseychan

Scientists create winged-jellyfish droneā€¦and it's beautiful

Researchers from New York University recently unveiled a drone that "mimics the movements of swimming jellyfish." Designed by Leif Ristroph, an applied mathematician at NYU, the drone was presented at a fluid dynamics conference in Pittsburgh. It's tiny and adorable and I want one.