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ScienceAnimalsHear the Table Manners of Canada Lynx in Gruesome Detail
For the past five years, researchers in Canada have been spying on their local wild cats, the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), using accelerometers and audio recorders. The instruments have given the researchers an intimate look at how the animals engage with their environments, from how they hunt down food to how they communicate with other … Continued
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Tech NewsCrimeFBI, USAF Investigating if Military Helicopter Shot at in Virginia Was Targeted or Hit by Random Gunfire
Someone opened fire on a U.S. Air Force UH-1N Huey helicopter while it was flying in Virginia around noon on Monday, injuring one of the two pilots on board, an Air Force official told CNN on Wednesday. Per CNN, the Air Force and the FBI are looking for the shooter and attempting to determine whether … Continued
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Tech NewsWith Some Clever Engineering, This Guy Made a Supersized Lego Helicopter Actually Fly
Instead of relying on just his imagination to make Lego toys fly, Adam Woodworth supersizes his favorite sets and upgrades them with motors and electronics so they can take to the skies all by themselves. But with a blocky rotor that’s clearly not designed for flight, can you figure out how this Lego helicopter manages … Continued
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ScienceSpaceHere’s Why NASA Is Sending a Miniature Helicopter to Mars
NASA will be testing heavier-than-air flight on Mars by sending miniature robot helicopter with the upcoming Mars 2020 rover. The four-pound helicopter’s rotors will spin at 3,000 rpms, 10 times faster than helicopters here on Earth, according to a NASA release. That’s because the Martian atmosphere is only about 1 percent the density of Earth’s. … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidI Want to Run Naked Through This Test of a Foam Fire Suppression System
To ensure the foam fire suppression system actually worked before bringing aircraft into its new helicopter maintenance training facility, safety personnel at the Fort Indiantown Gap Army Reserve base in Pennsylvania performed a full scale test of the emergency equipment. But I can’t understand why no one is running through that hanger like a kid … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatching a Helicopter Whip Carry Christmas Trees Gets Me in the Holiday Spirit
Some people get excited for the holidays when decorations are getting put up, lights are getting smattered over houses, and cheery music is all over the radio. I get excited for the holidays by watching bad ass helicopters fly in crazy gnarly patterns to transport Christmas trees. It’s like those arcade claw machines but with … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch a Helicopter Pilot Nail a Ship Landing in a Ridiculous Storm
You know that queasy feeling you get in your stomach when the pilot of a large passenger plane has to make a rough landing in bad weather? Just try and imagine what this Royal Danish Air Force pilot was feeling while trying to land a Seahawk MH-60R helicopter on a boat while both were being … Continued
