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When we saw the robot which revealed how sea creatures might first have set slithery fin on land, we never imagined that other aquatic life-form robots would surface which would amaze with such ease. And then we set eyes on the Festo AirJelly, modeled after the jelly fish, which floats through the air as if the atmosphere was as buoyant as water. Powered by a lithium-ion battery, an electric motor, a tad of helium gas, and what seems to be... Continue reading

If I wanted a normal Venus Fly Trap, I’d go to my local florist. But normalcy is boring, so I’d pick one up from the Dicovery Store. Sure, it might not be a “real” plant, but can a real plant lure insects into its grasps, sense the fly’s motion, and then chomp down on the little guy, swallowing him (or preferably, her) whole? I thought not. (Actually, I’m pretty sure they can.) After being swallowed, the fly drifts into a... Continue reading

So you want to take an aerial shot and just don’t know how you’re going to go about it. The Flying Stick Camera flies through the air at set intervals and snaps shots of what it sees below. Just like other recent concepts, the Flying Stick uses kinetic energy to fly. Just rub it a few times between your paws and let it sore. There’s no mention of camera resolution or memory size to speak of, but hell, we don’t... Continue reading

Unless you find yourself mutated from a radioactive leak or something, the odds of flying without the aid of technology is looking pretty slim for the human race. Using the Jet Wing is about as close as you can get to solo flight without the aid of physical mutation. Jet Wing is a personal flying apparatus which will keep you flying horizontally at 115 mph for a few minutes before pooping out. The only problem is that the engines aren’t... Continue reading

Do you love the song “Freebird� by Lynyrd Skynyrd when it’s live, like the CD version? Would you still like it if an animatronics bird were to sing it to you? Didn’t think so. Well Decoy Roy, a singing duck, will sing that or “(I Just want to) Fly� by Sugar Ray for you with just the simple press of a red button. Just think of a Billy the Bass-like performance, except with a dancing duck instead of a flopping... Continue reading