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Birdwings or Batwings?
While the rain won’t stop coming in ‘winter Holland’, I enjoyed myself looking at my modern day birdman heroes. Such as Batman! Here’s an interesting short bit of text on the evolution of his cape. I...
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Moving my birdwings
Some time ago I connected the acceleration sensors of the HTC and Wii remote (and check this blogpost too for explanation). The next step was to send this acceleration data to my electronic speed...
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Sharing my flying dream
Between the roasted lamb and tiramisu dessert on Christmas day something wonderful happened. TechCrunch supported my project by sharing the news on my human birdwings. Here’s a short overview. Thanks...
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Aerodynamic ribs & wingsurface
To keep you updated, here are my latest videos on the construction of the wing. Half december things have been progressing steadily. Floor did a nice job filming that, so here the result. In the first...
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Working on the wings
So what are these wings all about, you might think? In the latest videos you have seen me working on flightpins and the wingsurface for which I have sacrificed my Slingshot Fuel 17m2 kite for the...
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Location scouting
This weekend the weather was perfect! Dry but cool, slightly above freezing temperature, no wind, sunshine and crisp grass. I feel ready for the first test with the wings! So I went out to check up on...
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First test with wings!
The wings did their job! The stakes were high for me, so I was disappointed that I only made a tiny hop in the air. But it worked! While I was getting bored with the bad weather, I tried the wings in...
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Human Birdwings on WIRED
These days I have been mainly focused with fixing details of the wings. So, you might have missed my regular updates? A digital friend actually wrote me wether I am still doing ok? I can tell you that...
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Podcast about my project
Three geeks who call themselves Three’s a Quorum made a great podcast about ‘the least important news of the day’, and my project is one of the items they talk about. It’s fun stuff to listen to. So...
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Flying like a bird
I did it! This weekend I brought out my wings again for a second test. And here it is. Do I need to say more? Just watch the video
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