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First pedal-powered ornithopter flies in Ontario

Fri, 10/01/2010 - 09:57 by herb

Engineering students and teachers at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies have finally fulfilled Leonardo da Vinci's vision of an ornithopter, an aircraft, powered by a human pilot's muscles, which flies by flapping its wings. Unmanned ornithopters have already been used for practical reasons and by hobbyists, but having a person power the whole contraption was a much higher level of difficulty. The wing span of this ornithopter is said to rival that of a 747.

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Google Maps For Bikes - Yes, Please

Sat, 03/08/2008 - 12:10 by tino

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Liz Hayward wrote this on the Cyclist Union Website:

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