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  Print Me Another UAV, Please

  Posted by Graham Warwick 4:47 PM on Jul 13, 2010

  Airframes for small unmanned aircraft could eventually be produced by three-dimensional printing - or more correcly "fused deposition modelling" (FDM). This works by taking a ... Read More >>

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  Unmanned Helo Picks Best Place to Land

  Posted by Graham Warwick 4:11 PM on Jul 13, 2010

  Software that allows robotic ground vehicles to navigate has been adapted to enable unmanned helicopters to avoid obstacles, select landing sites and land autonomously. The system ... Read More >>

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  Time to Milk the Biomass, Alice

  Posted by Graham Warwick 3:30 PM on Jul 09, 2010

  Amid all the talk about sustainable biofuels from renewable sources like camelina and switch grass, there is a big problem: the costs - and emissions - of transporting millions of ... Read More >>

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  TechWeek 3/26 - Lasers, Noise, Debris

  Posted by Graham Warwick 2:50 PM on Mar 26, 2010

  Here are some technology stories from around the web this week:LIGHT WORK: The boffins at Germany's Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have developed a way to automate the manufacture of fibe... Read More >>

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  Erik Lindbergh's Friends Are Electric

  Posted by Graham Warwick 11:16 PM on Mar 22, 2010

  Erik Lindbergh, grandson of Charles, has launched a prize intended to promote the development of practical electric-powered aircraft. The Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize (LEAP) i... Read More >>

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  Welcome Back, Tunnel 9

  Posted by Graham Warwick 6:27 PM on Mar 19, 2010

  A key US hypersonic windtunnel is back on line following a major refurbishment, and it's first occupant is a model of vehicle that is about to make its first flight - DARPA's ... Read More >>

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  Boeing Patent - Sonic Cruiser Meets BWB

  Posted by Graham Warwick 7:33 PM on Mar 08, 2010

  It appears there is still interest at Boeing in high-speed airliners, at least within its advanced projects organization. The company has been granted a US patent for a d... Read More >>

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  Tigerfish - an Idea That Floats, and Flies

  Posted by Graham Warwick 2:23 PM on Feb 26, 2010

  I have a soft spot for aircraft that operate from water - floatplanes, seaplanes, flying boats. So my attention was caught by a release from Quasar Aerospace Industries saying it h... Read More >>

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  OPOC - Shape of Diesels to Come?

  Posted by Graham Warwick 7:49 PM on Feb 22, 2010

  One of the technologies Eurocopter is pursuing under its Bluecopter initiative to reduce the environmental footprint of rotorcraft is a diesel-powered light helicopter. Diesel... Read More >>

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  Listen to Eurocopter's Blue Edge Blade

  Posted by Graham Warwick 5:49 PM on Feb 22, 2010

  Unveiling its Blue Edge advanced rotor blade at this week's Heli-Expo show in Houston, Eurocopter says flight tests have shown the "double sweep" tip can halve a helicopter's noise... Read More >>

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