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...young and bearded Wood, who joined the Harvard faculty as an assistant professor in 2005, brought the idea for the project from his graduate work at University of California at Berkeley. The project’s initial goal was to create a small device capable of sustained autonomous flight...
Wood’s research is highly interdisciplinary. By interacting with biologists, he has been able to study the mechanics of insect flight and mimic these biological processes using microrobotics technology...
...expects that it will be at least a year before a prototype is complete—and his own insects finally take flight...
...Potter--style, the only way I'm getting from Tokyo to New York City is in aircraft that may emit more than 5,200 lbs. (about 2,400 kg) of carbon per passenger, round-trip, according to one estimate. On an individual level, you can try to make your flight carbon neutral by donating to, say, a forestry project that will soak up the greenhouse gases you have created. An increasing number of airlines and travel agents do offer such options. The London-based CarbonNeutral Company reports that requests for carbon offsetting from individual travelers have jumped over the past...
...more. RPI, in only its second year at the Division I level and its first year in the ECAC, has made remarkable headway in a short time. The Engineers, led by sophomore netminder Ashley Mayr, have accumulated eight wins in the conference, but have faltered against its top-flight foes, outclassed in their clashes with the Harvard-Dartmouth-St. Lawrence triumvirate. When the travel partners visited Bright Hockey Center on the season’s opening weekend in October, Harvard completely dominated, creaming RPI, 11-0, and dispatching Union in a 10-0 final. Sophomore winger Sarah Vaillancourt...