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Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs

October 11, 2007 – 1:39 pm

From Washington Post by Rick Weiss.
Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square last month.
“I heard someone say, ‘Oh my god, look at those,’ ” the college senior from New York recalled. “I look up and I’m like, ‘What the hell is that?’ They looked kind of like dragonflies or [...]

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Singapore’s Remote Control Kite

August 9, 2007 – 10:31 pm

Remote control kite is the brainchild of Singaporean Michael Lim, who was inspired by his young daughter’s childlike request of “plucking the stars from the heavens” to add LED lights to his RC kite so they resemble stars in the night sky. That gave the kite its resemblance to fireflies and it was nicked “Firefly”.
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