Posts by: Shahil Patel

Roboswift

Inspired by the common swift, Roboswift was designed at the Delft University of Technology and Wageningen University in the Netherlands. The swift is one of the most efficient flyers in nature because of its ability to shift its wings by folding feathers over one another. This allows the swift to adapt to changes in flight […]

JetMAN

When you are in an airplane and looking out into the beautiful sky, what do you think? Well, I always thought about how amazing it would be to soar through the sky like Iron Man or Superman. Apparently, Yves Rossy also had the same idea. He became the first and only man in history to […]

The Sugar Glider

Petaurus breviceps, more commonly referred to as the “Sugar Glider,” is a small marsupial found in Australia. On average Sugar Glides have the ability to glide approximately 50-150 meters. Sugar gliders have a squirrel-like body ending in a long tail. The heady is rather short and narrow. The hind feet are “syndactylus”, with two of […]