flight simulations

11.21.09

A Flight Simulator For Flies Helps Humans Build Better UAVs

By Stuart Fox Posted 08.04.2009 at 11:30 am 4 Comments

Fluorescent Fly Brain : courtesy of Cognition for Technical Systems

Flies may not seem like nature's ace pilots when they're bumping up against a closed window or getting squashed beneath a rolled-up copy of the New York Times Magazine, but a German company hopes to unravel the secrets of insect flight by tapping their brains. Literally.

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Danger Zone Arcade: Inside the Military's Ultra-High-Def F-16 Flight Sim

Immersive high-def screens create the military's most realistic flight simulator

By Dan Smith Posted 06.10.2009 at 12:18 pm 6 Comments

SimuSphere: Digital F-16 dogfights will never be the same

Top Gun training in Fightertown USA might become obsolete thanks to a new ultra-high definition, immersive F-16 training program. Powered by 120 Intel Dual Core PCs packed with high-end graphics cards, nine overlapping HD projectors display the highest-res flight simulator possible. Creating a stunning 30,000 interactive images in a single simulation, L-3 Link’s SimuSphere offers a realistic training tool for the military that will hopefully lead to a smaller home version for me.

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A Giant Leap and Crash for the Lunar Lander Challenge

The X Prize Cup's space elevators didn't fare much better, but the event provided high drama for spectators

By Megan Miller Posted 10.21.2006 at 1:00 am 0 Comments

The Wirefly X Prize Cup was a three-ring circus of space-related entertainment for the thousands of spectators who filed in to experience rocket launches and flight simulations, meet astronauts and tech dignitaries, and watch teams of engineers vie for $2 million in NASA-sponsored prize money. But although the action was brisk, all three of the NASA prizesthe $200,000 Climber Challenge, the $200,000 Tether Challenge and the $2-million Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challengewent unwon over the course of the weekend.

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