(Jan 20, 2018 05:21 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/paqv9...in-chicago
"It was a normal summer night for John Amitrano, working a Friday shift as security for Chicago's popular Logan Square hangout The Owl—but when we went outside, he saw something odd. "I saw a plane flying, but also something moving really awkwardly under it," he told VICE. "It didn't look like a bat so much as what illustrations of pterodactyls look like, with the slenderness of its head and its wing shape. I know what birds and what bats look like. This thing didn't have any feathers or fur, and it didn't fly like anything I've ever seen.”
Of course, BB's not a resident of Chi-town yet. Be a shame when someday the artificial creatures will be so thick that one can't be distinguished from the Fortean kind. I fully expect those 1972 gargoyles to actually demonstrate they can fly this time around and fill the skies along with the Wicked Witch flying monkeys. Or there will be hail to pay.
Bat Bot Drone
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...drone.html
"The bat robot flaps its wings for better aerial maneuvers, glides to save energy and dive bombs when needed. Eventually, the researchers hope to have it perch upside down like the real thing, but that will have to wait for the robot's sequel."
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