When the military tried to give soldiers personal flying platforms

In the 1950s the Navy and Army worked on small VTOL machines to make troops go airborne. They worked, just not well enough.
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The New York Times Said Machines Wouldn’t Fly For A Million Years (69 Days Before The First Flight)

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
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Advancing with animals: Standout biomimicry of 2025

From water-skipping robots to elephant-skin inspired cooling materials, engineers have continued to find inspiration in ...
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Robots & flying machines

Look at Leonardo Da Vinci's imaginative robots and flying machines, highlighting his bold ideas that anticipated future ...