Submitted 1 month ago by Interesting_news@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://ua-stena.info/en/a-new-drone-shaped-like-a-bird/
A new drone shaped like a bird. Chinese developers have shown a new drone made in the shape of a bird.
Such an invention can turn the drone industry upside down.
The drone is able to fly with the help of wing flapping like a real bird and looks the same.
“Birds aren’t real” conspiracy theory coming true.
Maybe that was the misunderstanding. Is was never a conspiracy. It was a prophecy.
Birds? You mean drones? Birds aren’t real.
Which is why they are slowly admitting they were drones with stuff like this. “Oh look, we made a drone in the shape of a bird!”. Even though it was a drone all along /s
r/BirdsArentReal must be going nuts over this.
I bet there going “Guys, real bird is spotted in china, where we wrong?”
But i dislike Reddit to much to go check
Is there like a law of the Internet that says even the dumbest conspiracy theories will eventually come true? If so I want to know the name given how it keeps happening.
you should tell these guys to add it to their list archive.org/stream/…/RulesOfTheInternet..txt
@Grandwolf319 @Interesting_news Where are the lizard people
Soon enough the Earth could turn out flat…
Could turn the drone industry upside down
And this would be bad, because now they are just flying into the ground.
Or it could be great like that flying drilling machine from the game called Motherload!
RIP all birds
Birds aren’t real
So many ballistic trajectories, so much falling lead.
I KNEW BIRDS WERENT REAL
Why not just use birds? Birds fly for free.
They poop on heads though, which is negative points for me.
There have been non-drone flapping bird toys for decades(?) Maybe longer? At least since 1969.
Didn’t MIT other another Institute created one a few years ago?
Hard to believe that it would have taken till this day for someone to do this, given that birds are the obvious example of flight.
OP isn’t even new. This is a special forces video that is 1-2 years old. It’s hard to make them land “gracefully”.
aren’t there already a pigeon, hawk, bat, and bug wing drone?
yes
These are more realistic. I hear they can form a flock and shit all over you. Scary stuff!
Ornithopters have been around for over 100 years. It’s not really breaking now ground.
I had a toy like this over 40 years ago. Of course I just wound it up and let it go but it flew well.
Pfft. Everyone knows they already make these. Where do you think “birds” come from, anyway? Nature? smh.
I like how the article starts with China making bird drones and ends with American gun drones. The most American drone.
And the chainsaw drone, the bomb drone, the control drone…
This is not new at all. Probably 5+ years old
This is ages old
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 1 month ago
ornithopters arent exactly new
thzihdd@feddit.org 1 month ago
Exactly
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festo_SmartBird
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not exactly bird like like these other ones though…
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
It also seems to have fewer purposes. If you are trying to get footage or even just a picture it seems like a normal drone is much easier. Takeoff, landing, hovering seem to be weighted to the quad copter design.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
These would have fantastical scouting capabilities. Pretty alright at being undercover as long as the target isnt looking for them. You could easily storm a few places unexpectedly with a little bit of explosives and these. This is that shit the Wizard and the evil chick were drooling over in Wicked.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
The one thing it has going for it is covert surveillance.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
This might be much more efficient