Important Innovations Collection

ROTORwing VTOL Drone Source:  DZYNE Technologies Wing Spinning This is very innovative drone and aviation technology from DZYNE Technologies.  The company calls it a new aircraft species with its rotating wing design.  The wings of the ROTORwing VTOL drone can also work as helicopter blades.  The wings combine the functions of a fixed wing and propellers.   Conventional drones fly and land using separate fixed wings and a propeller. VTOL For a Variety of Missions Including Intelligence With advanced vertical takeoff and landing, the drone can take off from virtually anywhere and is airport runway independent. The company says it has a three hour ++ range, silent electric propulsion and can perform a variety of services from intelligence gathering to package deliveries. Innovative Aviation Technology The new drone has a set of top mounted fixed wings, each with a propeller.  The wings can rotate to form a helicopter like propeller.  After...

Busy Intelligent Bees Source: Queen Mary University of London: Bees Counting New UK Research This is an amazing discovery.  Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered bees can count.  They do so by using just 4 nerve cells in their brains.  The team made the discovery using computer simulations of the bee brain. Insect Inspired Miniature "Brain" Simulated on Computer Turns out bees can solve clever counting tasks.  This research was just published in the journal Science.  They can count small numbers of items when checking out one object, then inspecting the next object and doing the count, and so on.  This is very different from how humans count.  We glance at all the items and count them together. Bees Are Intelligent The researchers have concluded that bees have impressive cognitive abilities with minimal brain power.  Their findings demonstrate the intelligence of bees.  This innovative research approach ...