Ornithopters look silly. They look like something that shouldn’t work. An airplane with no propeller and wings that go flappy-flappy? No way that thing is going to fly. There are, however, a multitude ...

Many readers will remember the MetaFly, a remote-control robotic insect that flies by actually flapping its wings. Well, its ...

The Dune universe created by Frank Herbert is by far the most complex ever put on paper in the history of mankind. Yes, it's even more complex than the A Song of Ice and Fire series that led to the ...

Until Lego approves my proposal for a Guild Navigator set, the Lego Dune Ornithopter is the only model based on Frank Herbert’s sci-fi saga. If you’d like to add the official ride of House Atreides to ...

This new 1,369-piece model, with wings folded out, measures over 9 in. (23 cm) high, 22 in. (57 cm) long and 31 in. (79 cm) wide. This LEGO replica has the option for both flight and landing mode ...

LEGO is releasing a detailed Atreides Royal Ornithopter figure from the film Dune, with 1,369 pieces for dedicated builders to enjoy. The figure includes minifigures of key characters from the movie ...

A new Lego set featuring characters from the Dune franchise is now available to pre-order, and even comes with a movie-accurate version of Baron Harkonnen. The new Lego is based all around the ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cov7-XWUa18&w=470] DARPA has awarded an extension to AeroVironment for their work on the Nano Air Vehicle project. The ...

Centuries after Leonardo Da Vinci sketched designs of a giant bat-shaped craft that used a pilot's arms and legs to power the wings, Canadian engineering students say they have flown an engineless ...

FlyTech Dragonfly is a cute, dangerous-looking toy ornithopter coming soon from WowWee, the creators of RoboSapien. As footage of a prototype shows, the ingenious flapper lurches around with unnerving ...

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Leonardo Da Vinci would be proud: the Snowbird has flown. Centuries after the Renaissance inventor sketched a human-powered flying machine, Canadian engineering students say they ...