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DelFly Micro 3 Takes Flight

“The DelFly Micro only weighs 3 grams and has a size of 10 cm from wing tip to wing tip. This makes it the smallest flying ornithopter carrying a camera in the world!” read more

CherryPal: A Tiny Green Linux Machine

CherryPal is an impressive low-power, low-cost Linux machine.  It draws 2 W to power a 400MHz FreeScale chip 256 MB of RAM, and a 4 GB SSD.  It has wireless and wired network adapters, onboard audio and video (VGA) and 2 USB ports.  Price?  $250. read more

Ghost-Imaging By Reflected Photons

Quantum imaging researchers have demonstrated a method in which they image an object indirectly by measuring photons which did not hit the object, but are paired through a quantum effect with photons that did encounter the object. read more

Tilted Twister: A Robotic Rubik’s Cube Solver

Tilted Twister is a cool little LEGO Mindstorms NXT-based robot which autonomously solves Rubik’s cubes.  Don’t miss the amazing video. read more

FluidScanner

FluidScanner is a neat way to “scan” a 3D model of a solid object by capturing snapshots (contours) of the object as it is gradually immersed in an opaque fluid (like milk). read more