This drone has bat-like wings that morph with changing air conditions

Funny thing is, it kind of looks like a Batman vehicle.

Researchers at the University of Southampton have announced successful flight tests for a new kind of biologically inspired aircraft wing. Intended for use in tiny drones called micro air vehicles (MAVs), the design represents a fundamentally different kind of wing template for UAVs.

If the artificial wings most closely resemble the wings of bats, that's entirely by design. The Southampton team built a series of computational models to mimic the physiology of bats, which are the only mammals capable of genuine flight. Read more...