October 10, 2008
Sensors Worldlink - Taking Design Pointers from Pterodactyls
The U.S. military’s reconnaissance drones may snag some design pointers from ancient flying dinosaurs. Pterodactyls—the pointy-headed rulers of the skies during the late Triassic period—possessed both maneuverability and gliding capabilities, according to paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee at Texas Tech University at Lubbock as quoted in Science News (”Pterodacyls may soar once more”).
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