Word: aero
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...caliber gun and improved scope could employ "fire and forget" technologies including "fin-stabilized projectiles, spin-stabilized projectiles, internal and/or external aero-actuation control methods, projectile guidance technologies, tamper proofing, small stable power supplies, and advanced sighting, optical resolution and clarity technologies." In other words, bullets that, once fired at a specific target, fly themselves into it by changing shape. The new gun should be no heavier than the combined 46-lb. weight of the current $11,500 M107 sniper rifle and all its associated gear (including ammo, tripod, scope and slide rules for target calculations). (See pictures...
...splat on the wall, you discover a tiny mechanical creation of Robert J. Wood, an assistant professor of electrical engineering. Two weeks ago, Wood was awarded a grant from the Air Force’s Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program for work on the aero-elasticity of flapping wings of micro aero vehicles (MAVs). The Air Force program, which provides around $100,000 each year for a three-year period, hopes to foster creative basic research in science and engineering and enhance early career development, according to Spencer T. Wu, the program’s manager...
HELSINKI Minimalists are drawn to Aero Design Furniture's Mademoiselle rocking chair (price on request...
...ordinary town. That much is clear from the moment you touch down in the small coastal city in the West African nation of Gabon. Next to the airport exit, a gaggle of shrieking, minimally dressed women dance to loud rock on the terrace of a bar called Le Aero Club. "Come fly me!" one shouts down. Instead, I accept a taxi driver's offer of a ride into town - a 10-minute drive that costs $30. We drive past another bar, A Qui La Tour? - which roughly translates as "Whose round is it?" although the driver insists it means...
...hardlines five years ago. She was instrumental in welcoming interior designers Thomas O'Brien and Victoria Hagan to the fold. O'Brien's lighting designs have resonated most brightly with customers, and you don't need to be Thomas Edison to work out why. A handsome desk lamp at Aero, O'Brien's high-end SoHo store, runs upwards of $1,000. The Target version, almost as spiffy, is a mere...