Flying Concepts on TFTS

Are you still dreaming about going to Mars one day? Well I can’t promise that you’re actually going to make it as an astronaut but I still have some good news for you. It looks like travelling to Mars is a lot easier nowadays thanks to a new Ion propulsion …

mars-rover-2003
Posted by Andrew Tingle on September 28th 2007 | No Responses

We’re a little late in posting about this particular gadget but, whereas ordinarily we’d simply not post about something already so widely covered, the MicroDrone remote surveillance drone from German company MicroDrones GmbH genuinely gets our pulses racing – besides that, it’s guaranteed to feature in TFTS on the premise …

MicroDrone UAV
Posted by Andrew Tingle on August 8th 2007 | No Responses

Having posted only recently about TU Delft’s trials of a solar powered computer mouse, namely the Sole Mio, we find ourselves referring to yet another one of their projects, known as the RoboSwift, that could result in us seeing birds in a wholly different light in the near future.
Presently being …

RoboSwift MAV
Posted by Andrew Tingle on May 1st 2007 | No Responses

Weighing in at a mere 1.34 grams, which is considerably lighter than the Carbon Butterfly (which is already lighter than its equivalent size in paper), this indoor remote control aircraft, which comes complete with its own means of propulsion in the form of a propeller, is crafted from painstakingly shaved …

Feather Light Indoor Remote Control Plane V2
Posted by Andrew Tingle on February 10th 2007 | No Responses

Unlike the fabulous previously featured CarterCopter – covered, complete with video, in this posting – the Hummel (meaning ‘Bumble Bee’) is only a concept, but it’s a rather remarkable one.

Hummel Light Helicopter Concept V2